IDE or Text Editor? What to choose?

What is IDE? What's the difference between IDE and Text Editor?

Hello everybody, today I’ll tell you what to choose IDE or text editor?

What is IDE?

IDE - is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development. An IDE normally consists of at least a source code editor, build automation tools, and a debugger.

What is a text editor?

A text editor is a type of computer program that edits plain text. Such programs are sometimes known as "notepad" software, following the naming of Microsoft Notepad.

What is important for you?

1. Functions

2. Simplicity

If you pick a simplicity - choose a text editor. If functions are your passion - IDE (IDE can use as a text editor and modern text editors can uses as IDE). Surprise :)

What is the difference between both of them?

IDE is a more complex tool than a common text editor. The main purpose why you use a text editor is just to work with code. Though modern text editors have a lot of useful features like color syntax, compact git, code map, auto-closing tags, etc. For comfortable working, you need a compilator and debugger as a minimum of functions. Notepad has left the chat.

IDE has all of these features. Shortly, IDE means that you have all in one hand for coding.

What you will choose? To answer this question you need to know about four factors:

1. Language of coding;

2. Easy to use;

3. What platforms does it use?;

4. Price.

That’s all. Stay tuned. If you have questions, let me know below in the comments. Thanks!