

These editors also provide a convenient way to run a compiler, interpreter, debugger, or other program relevant for the software-development process.

Source-code editors have characteristics specifically designed to simplify and speed up typing of source code, such as syntax highlighting, indentation, autocomplete and brace matching functionality.

Source-code editors are a fundamental programming tool, as the fundamental job of programmers is to write and edit source code. It may be a standalone application or it may be built into an integrated development environment (IDE) or web browser. Screenshot of using Notepad++ to edit XML codeĪ source-code editor is a text editor program designed specifically for editing source code of computer programs.
