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Small to midsize businesses that enables them to create apps and games for android, iOS, Mac, Windows, Web, and cloud-based platforms.
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Above all the pros and cons,I enjoy a lot using this tool which helped me in many aspects.I feel like this tool with better costumer support will be so far the best tool in this category.
Sometimes error codes are difficult to find out what the real reason for it is. As is with a lot of other Microsoft products, fatal errors do happen without a documented or known reason.
Its a great Windows IDE and has been improved a lot since the start of LTS feature on Windows, it has lots of features and is very easy and beautiful to look at.
When publishing databases and errors occur, the logs are really poor and make it hard to find the problems.
It helps to develop and deploy all my applications and services faster with the best quality.
Modules/plugins may not work due to insufficient permissions, which can be quite frustrating, particularly as it's not readily apparent.
It has a good user experience and has a good integration with git. If you are working with azure or azure devops you will enjoy how it easily integrates with these tools.
The newer versions do not always have an offline installer and its a pain to have to download the app again onto a new PC.
Great for use on your desktop or server as a replacement to notepad or as a basic code editor. I love the compare plug-in that helps you detect differences between two files.
The most disadvantage of Notepad++ is that it is NOT multiplatform. There is no Linux version of Notepad.
The features are great too - they are comprehensive, and the help guides are very helpful. Overall, I think this software is a great choice for anyone looking for a reliable and efficient solution.
The only thing that we miss is the integration of notepad++ with T24 i.e. there is no option to compile code in notepad.
Notepad++ is a great stepping stone to allow you to progress into the wonderful world of syntax highlighted coding. It's feature rich, and free to boot.
It is difficult for newbies who make mistakes often as there are not many external aids when writing code. Its name precisely comes from the similarity it has with the native Windows notebook.
I never heard of this product so I downloaded it to a day ago and can share that look and feel of this product is fine, I am a fan of the dark mode look and feel so the designs are legit nice.
The interface is not convincing, the code that is written often is not very visible and very confusing at first sight.
Kevin: Hi, this is Kevin. I'm a product owner and I give Microsoft Visual Studios a four out of five, and for more reviews like this, please click below. I use Microsoft Visual Studio with Python Code. Microsoft Visual Studios allows multiple different softwares to run within it, and I use it for Python, which is a programming language that we use for spreadsheets and other analytical tools. What I like about Microsoft Visual Studios is it's a Microsoft product, so it's included with our other Microsoft Suites. It has very similar menus across the top in the ribbon, and it's fairly reliable, and I feel secure using it. What I don't like about Microsoft Visual Studios is because it's a one-size-fits-many, it's not tailored to the software that we use it with currently, so your mileage may vary.
Brian B.: Hi, my name is Brian. I'm here reviewing Notepad++. I'm a Solutions Architect for a company. We are a seven-person VAR, and I give Notepad++ a five out of five. Let's see, I tried just the built-in Notepad into Windows, but when I do dev programming work, special characters show up in that application that you can't really easily get rid of. So I switched over to Notepad++ so I could actually get a flat text editor and see what's actually going on with all the characters. I chose Notepad++ because it's free, it does everything I wanted to do, and it had even more features I didn't realize that I've learned over the years that have come in very handy. Very easy. You just install it, and it works just like the built-in Notepad and the Windows, except you can do a lot more with it. You can enable a document list and have multiple things open and multiple tabs open, and it's just a way better version of the built-in Windows Notepad. I would definitely recommend enabling the document list. It helps a lot to just visually seeing what's going on, and you can sort things around. Also, there's a really handy... I think if you hold Alt, there's ways to vertically select things, and there's a lot of features in there. Just check it out. It's been very useful over my career.
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