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InstEd vs PlayBasic

A side-by-side look at InstEd and PlayBasic. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

InstEd

InstEd

Development

InstEd is a free, open source text editor and Unicode-aware programming editor for macOS. It includes features like syntax highlighting for numerous programming languages and text encodings, line numbering, folding, split windows, regular expression find/replace, and more.

text-editorprogrammingmacosopen-source
PlayBasic

PlayBasic

Games

PlayBasic is a proprietary programming language and IDE for learning and developing 2D video games. It uses a BASIC-style syntax which is easy to learn and allows for rapid game prototyping. Some key features include sprites, sounds, tiles, scrolling backgrounds and more.

programminggame-engine2dbasicrapid-prototyping

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