BBEDIT REVIEW FULL
BBEDIT REVIEW SOFTWARE

I could particularly see using it when putting together forms with repetitive text strings. It has some very powerful features when used in this capacity.

BBEDIT REVIEW FULL

Having gone full circle with this application I began playing with it as a text editor and not a programming tool. BBEdit also includes a variety of Automator actions and Applescript support.

You can actually turn off language specific features for modules you don’t plan to use. One nice feature is the ability to turn down the down feature support.

It also has a robust version control system. It tracks and allows the merging of changes in a way that is both smart and intuitive for programming. Additionally, BBEdit allows you to search and work on multiple files at a time and can handle enormous files sizes. For instance, when you close BBEdit and then re-open it later, it remembers where you were when you left off and opens the same files in the same places. Just as impressive as the big features however are the little ones that don’t show themselves right away. Many of the innovations are obvious like code folding using Apple’s familiar disclosure triangles. The current version 8.7 has years of improvements and tweaks. Getting back to its pedigree, BBEdit is a very mature application. Better yet, its plug-in architecture allows the creation of custom modules to support any language. Using version 8.7 it support most, if not all, of the major languages including Objective C, Perl and Java just to name a few.

BBEDIT REVIEW SOFTWARE

Put simply, this application is the equivalent of a super powered nail-gun in the tool belt of all code jockies.īBEdit supports just about every software and internet development language you can think of. While you could write a novel in BBEdit, it is more suited to prepare the web site promoting your novel or, better yet, the video game based on your novel. This application is not a word processor but a text editor. So what is so special about BBEdit? I’d have to say the answer is a combination of utility and pedigree.īBEdit goes back System 6. People have switched to the Mac just to run this program. BBEdit is the 800 pound gorillla of text editors.

Bbedit review