Notepad++ for python / javascript development for more than 7 years (hint: I use MS windows for my development environment). IntelliJ Idea for Java. I have tri

Notepad++ for python / javascript development for more than 7 years (hint: I use MS windows for my development environment). IntelliJ Idea for Java. I have tried to replace Notepad++ over the years with nearly every other possible editor/IDE that runs on windows (vim, atom, VS code, sublime text) but always found Notepad++ a much better solution for my needs. Some of its strong points: - Really fast with a very small memory footprint. Written in C++ ! - Free (GPL) - Supported from its author for lots of years - Nice syntax highlighting - Cool integration with Windows File Explorer - All editing options I want are there and easily configurable (tabs to spaces, strip trailing space etc) - Allows comparing files (diff) - Tail -f mode for logs (monitoring changes to files) - Correct and easy conversion to encoding formats (utf-8, to ansi etc) - Supports macros - Fully configurable styles - Great find and replace (supports regexes) - Supports workspaces and projects - It has some great plugins like: - Integrated file explorer through plugin - Ftp (sftp etc) browsing / editing through plugin - XML pretty print, linting etc - Python console scripting - Zen coding Ok some of its weak points are: - No real auto-complete so it's difficult to be used with Java (of course that's the case with most editors) - Supports only windows (however I am using it also on my mac mini as the default editor through wine) - Not very good marketing - Notepad++ is really great but I rarely see it discussed or trending as I was seeing atom or VS code - Cannot open (very) big files (it handles files ~ 200 MB without problems though).