TextMate was a good start, but had several quirks and usability issues that grated on me. Â Maybe it is because I am used to editors on Windows. Â My favorite editor on the Windows side has been Sublime Text for some time now. Â I’ve been keeping up with the latest betas, and now a public alpha version of Sublime Text 2 has been released. Â I forget, it alpha pre-beta, or is beta pre-alpha? Â Anyway, it is here and is very full featured. Â Oh, and did I mention it is now cross platform? Â Versions for OS X, Linux, and Windows. Â Yeah!
Sublime Text 2 alpha for OS X
I think it will give TextMate a run for it’s money. Â Love this editor. Â And if you are a developer, you can customize it with plugins.
Check out Sublime Text 2.
Kod for OS X
Another interesting text editor is Kod. Â In case you were wondering, “kod” is the Swedish word for “code”. Â Again, a programmer’s editor. Â I haven’t spent too much time with it, since I am using Sublime Text mostly. Â On the face of it, it looks very similar to Sublime Text, but under the hood I guess they could not be more different. Kod is based on open source platforms, and Google Chrome in particular. Â It’s not a web app, but the Kod is based on a web browser and web technologies, like javascript, CSS. Â Sublime Text is mostly based on Python. Â Another difference is that Kod is open source, while Sublime Text is likely to cost $59 when ready. Â The Kod project is currently at version 0.0.3 (pre-alpha? Â gamma?), so version 1.0 seems a long way off, still something to keep an eye on!
Check out Kod.
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