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Edit Plus 2.21 Software Review

Review for: Edit Plus 2.21

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Introduction

EditPlus is a stand-alone, windows-based, advanced HTML and programming, all purpose editor. That includes syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, Perl, C/C++, Java, JavaScript and VBScript. Also, it can be extended for other programming languages based on custom syntax files.

Some other EditPlus features include:

• HTML toolbar
• User tools
• Code auto-completion
• Powerful search and replace
• Spell checker
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts

Installation

The EditPlus installation is a breeze. Once you have downloaded the setup program from the EditPlus website it's just a matter of running the setup.exe and following the steps that popup on the screen; after agreeing to the 'EditPlus Version 2 License Agreement' you will be asked to Specify where you want EditPlus installed. By default this is 'Crogram FilesEditPlus 2'. The final step is to choose which if any icons you want to appear and where. That's it.

Basic Features

EditPlus, whilst appearing to be somewhat of a 'notepad' program, boosts some impressive and advanced features for $30 (1 user license).

EditPlus in windows context menu

One of these features is noticeable from the first time you right click on any file in windows explorer; you will see added to the context menu 'EditPlus'. Because EditPlus does not associate its self with any file types during installation the makers decided on this feature instead, which in my personal opinion is much better.

Syntax highlighting

As briefly mentioned in the introduction, EditPlus has a wide range of programming languages that it can highlight. This page contains links to some examples of the more popular languages. Having this wider range of syntax highlighting in one light and fast application is extremely useful if you often deal with different programming languages.

Quick opening times

The one worry I always have with using web editors and programming tools is how long files take to open up, however this is not the case with EditPlus; the programs load time can be compared with that of Microsoft Notepad, very short.

Files open in tabs

EditPlus allows you to open multiple files at once and manages them by a simple tab system located at the bottom of the program in a little frame.

Open remote files via FTP

This tool is useful if you have to edit a file that is currently remotely hosted online. As long as you can access the file via an FTP account, EditPlus can download the file in question and edit it directly. Once the changes have been made you can save the file (CTRL + S) and the file on the remote server will be overwritten with the updated version.

Preview files

The preview tool allows you to see what the file will look like in web browsers. This simple tool can be changed so that it works along site a localhost server (eg. Apache), so you can preview server side scripts.

Positives

• Extremely short opening time
• Wide range of syntax highlighting
• Many features

Negatives

• Not free
• Poorly layed-out user-interface
• Not much advanced HTML support

Conclusion

In conclusion EditPlus is an extremely powerful and useful tool for web designers and programmers alike

Editors Rating: 8.7/10

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