It's hard to be too specific without more information about what you use a code editor for, but here are a few things that stand out for me (I do primarily back-end web programming and CSS, manage large data sets, and work with huge log files):
1) Fast and helpful support directly from Bare Bones (when you email supp...@barebones.com). This may seem like a throwaway feature. Many people here can explain better than I can the importance of getting a question answered (or a feature added, or whatever) when your livelihood depends on your editor. It's almost ridiculous how good their support is. 2) Everything under the Text menu -- especially the things that have "Process" in their names. 3) Live preview (with an inspector) for HTML, and for Markdown. 4) Built-in S/FTP support, when I need to code like a cowgirl (live on the production server -- living on the edge...rarely a good idea, but sometimes necessary). 5) Not having to add third-party modules to do fundamental editing tasks. 6) Opening and grep-search-and-replacing 700MB documents in seconds. 7) Auto-restore state (including open files, even the ones on remote servers) if your Mac crashes or you need to update BBEdit or something. That's my list, at least. --Kerri On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Madelyn Bingham <madelyn.bing...@gmail.com > wrote: > Can someone tell me what makes BBEdit different or better than other code > editors? I understand it is mostly geared towards Apple Products, but I > could just as easily download Notepad++ or Brackets on my Macintosh, which > seem to be more popular. Are there any special features about BBEdit that > make it special or set it apart? What are some tips and tricks to using > this code editor? > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or would like to report a problem, please email > "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit. > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
