For programming classes you will need a text editor. This page will show you several options.

• VSCode is an excelllent editor and it is available for all platorms. It has extensions that support numerous languages. Kris Jordan's VSCode Walkthrough will help you get started. We recommend this for all programming students.

• The Atom text editor has a feature called teletype that allows you to collaborate easily.
• Notepad++ is great for Windoze users.
• If you are a Mac or Linux user, you have the option of using vim. Place this file in your home directory, and name it .vimrc. It will give you sanity in programming classes.

      set tabstop=4
      set et
      set nohslearch
      set backsapce=indent,eol,start
      

  Type this exactly as shown. The vi editor has a sharp learning curve, but once you become a vi ninja, it's blazingly fast.
• A lot of Linux users swear by gedit, which is present in the default install. You can also get gedit for Windoze and Mac. It has tons of plugins that give it all sorts of great capabilities.