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Notepad3 vs Visual Studio Code

A side-by-side look at Notepad3 and Visual Studio Code. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Notepad3

Notepad3

Office & Productivity

Notepad3 is a fast and light-weight text editor for Windows. It is based on the Scintilla editor component and built to replace Notepad++ with better stability and additional features like multi-document interface, syntax highlighting and code folding.

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Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code

Development

Visual Studio Code is a free, open-source, lightweight code editor developed by Microsoft. It supports debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, and Git control. VS Code has a large extension ecosystem allowing developers to add new languages, themes, debuggers and tools.

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