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After installing Python in our system, we will learn to install text editor on our system.
What is Text editor?
A text editor is a type of computer program that edits plain text. Text editors are provided with operating systems and software development packages, and can be used to change files such as configuration files, documentation files and programming language source code.
Example: Notepad, Notepad++, Vim, Atom, Sublime Text, Brackets, EditPlus, TextEdit, etc.
Tutorial Outline
• How To Install Vim Text Editor
• How To Install Microsoft Visual Studio Code
How To Install Vim Text Editor
1. Vim is one of the most popular text editors.
2. Vim is clone of the Vi editor.
3. Developed by: Bram Moolenaar
4. Open source text editor.
5. Cross platform text editor, like UNIX/Linux, Windows, macOS, etc.
6. Command-centric text editor.
7. Released in 1991 for UNIX variants.
8. Its main goal was to provide enhancement to the Vi editor.
9. Vi editor was released in 1976.
10. Traditionally Vim does not have GUI, but now there is separate installer for Windows called gvim which provides GUI.
Vim Advantage: It is available everywhere.
Vim Features
1. Memory footprint is very low.
2. Command-centric text editor.
3. Highly configurable text editor.
4. It uses simple text file to store its configuration file.
5. Various plug-in available for Vim.
6. Supports multiple windows.
7. Supports multiple buffers.
8. Supports multiple tabs.
9. Supports recording features.
Vim Installation
1. How To Install Vim On Linux
2. How To Install Vim On Windows
1. How To Install Vim On Linux
1. First of all connect your system to the internet.
2. Open terminal.
3. Verify Vim is installed on your local machine by executing the following command in your terminal:
$ vim --version [Hit Enter]
Note: If you see the Vim version in the output, it means that Vim is already installed on your local machine.
If the version of Vim is not displayed in the output, then you can easily install Vim text editor on your local machine by following the steps give below.
4. Update file system:
$ sudo apt-get update [Hit Enter]
5. Enter your sudo password and hit Enter key.
6. Execute following command in your terminal to install Vim:
$ sudo apt-get install vim [Hit Enter]
7. Verify Vim:
$ vim --version [Hit Enter]
Output: vim – VI IMproved 8.0…
2. How To Install Vim On Windows
1. Open Web browser.
2. Goto https://www.vim.org/
3. Click on Download option from left pane.
4. Click on PC-MS-DOS and MS-Windows option.
5. Download gvim_8.2.exe installer from this page.
6. After the download is complete, execute the gvim_8.2.exe installer and follow on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
7. Verify Vim:
C:\> vim --version [Hit Enter]
Output:
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.2…
How To Install Microsoft Visual Studio Code
• What is Microsoft Visual Studio Code?
• Microsoft Visual Studio Code Installation
--> How To Install Microsoft Visual Studio Code On Linux
--> How To Install Microsoft Visual Studio Code On Windows
What is Microsoft Visual Studio Code?
1. Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor.
2. Visual Studio Code runs on your desktop and is available for UNIX/Linux, Windows, macOS, etc.
3. Visual Studio Code comes with built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js.
4. Visual Studio Code has a rich ecosystem of extensions for other languages, such as C/C++, C#, Java, Python, PHP, Go, etc.
5. Released on: 29 April, 2015 (Initial release)
6. Current stable release: VS Code v1.60.0 (2 September, 2021)
Note: At the time of writing this tutorial.
7. Language support: Various programming language
8. Available in: 14 languages
9. Type: Source code editor, IDE and debugger
10. License:
Source Code – MIT License
Binaries built by Microsoft – Proprietary software
11. Website: https://code.visualstudio.com/
Microsoft Visual Studio Code Installation
1. How To Install Microsoft Visual Studio Code On Linux
2. How To Install Microsoft Visual Studio Code On Windows
1. How To Install Microsoft Visual Studio Code On Linux
1. First of all connect your system to the internet.
2. Open Web browser, and goto https://code.visualstudio.com/download/
3. Download the .deb package.
4. Next, open terminal.
5. To install Visual Studio Code via the .deb package on your Linux machine, execute the following command in your terminal:
$ sudo gdebi packageName.deb [Hit Enter]
6. Enter your sudo password and hit Enter key.
7. Verify installation:
$ code --version [Hit Enter]
Output: 1.60.0
8. Execute/run VS Code (terminal):
$ code [Hit Enter]
OR
Click on the Application menu button --> Click on VS Code icon
2. How To Install Microsoft Visual Studio Code On Windows
1. First of all connect your system to the internet.
2. Open Web browser, and goto https://code.visualstudio.com/download/
3. Download the Visual Studio Code Installer for Windows.
4. Once it is downloaded, goto the download location and execute/run the installer.exe file.
5. Follow on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
Note: Alternatively, you can also download Zip archive, extract it and execute/run VS Code from there.
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