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Notepad++ – A Simple And Fast Source Code Editor

Notepad++ is a free source code editor for Microsoft Windows environment. The software is an open source software and is govern under GPL license. Notepad++ is developed based on a powerful editing component Scintilla and is written in C++ language.

Since the software is written in C++, so it is fast and use less memory. Most people use this software as the replacement of windows' notepad. I use these software quite heavily and mainly to edit HTML and PHP files for my programming projects.

Although it is not as sophisticated as other source code editor like NetBean and Eclipse, but it is still serve as an important software in my computer when I want my source code to be opened very fast for a "temporary and fast edit".

Here are the features of Notepad++:

• Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
• WYSIWYG - You can print your code in color too
• User Defined Syntax Highlighting
• Auto-Completion
• Multi-Document
• Multi-View
• Regular Expression Search and Replace
• Drag and Drop
• Dynamic Position of Views
• File Status Auto-Detection
• Zoom in Zoom out
• Multi Language Supported
• Bookmark
• Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
• Macro Recording and Playback

You can download the software at Notepad++.

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