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Introduction

In this report I am going to be describing what Notepad and Komodo Edit is. Within this I will also be stating the advantages and disadvantages of both. After this I will compare the two products and finally I will conclude what my favourite program is.

 

Notepad

Notepad has many different purposes. Notepad can be used to allow users to program in a language that they wish. Notepad isn’t just aimed at programming it can be used for storing notes, hence the name ‘Notepad’.

 

Advantages:

• There is no training needed
• It is free and comes with Windows
• It is very quick to load.
• Supports all languages as it saves as .txt
   

Disadvantages:

• Has no autocorrect
• Only works for Windows
• Very basic formatting
• No internal preview for programming HTML
   

 Komodo Edit

The purpose of this program is primarily for programmers to write code, it supports many languages. It is aimed towards programming as it has autocorrect for most code for the language that the user chooses when creating the project.

 

Advantages:

• Automatic formatting – indenting, colour coding
• Auto correct and suggest.
• Has support for many languages
• Internal preview
• Free and works on multiple Oss

Disadvantages:

• Slow to load
• Complex compared to Notepad
• You need to install it
• Sometimes the auto suggest changes the text when you don’t want it to

Comparison

Both of the programs have formatting however Komodo Edit has a much more though rough one. Both support many languages; however Komodo Edit allows you to choose a specific, so it can help you with auto correct and suggest.

Conclusion –

In conclusion I believe that Komodo Edit is the most useful and is the program I would use to write code in HTML. My reasons for this are because it has auto-correct and suggest. It also speeds up writing code because  it automatically puts in the close code, for example, when I type <p1>, the program automatically inputs </p1> at the end for me.