There twenty seven plug-ins available with Notepad++, ten of them are included in the download, including zoom in and out.

It has a FTP Browser and takes fewer resources that do not slow you down.

Search and Replace multiple items which is especially useful when editing configuration files.

Line numbering which is very useful when editing configuration files and source codes.įile modification detection notification in which the program will ask give you the option override the changes or to reload the source file preventing unwanted mistakes. The advantage to this program is that it does not cost anything and is downloaded right onto your pc. This program has some hidden features that include auto-completion, bookmarking, and a hex editor, just to name a few. The source code tool matched all the needs for a quick and clean editing job.

It is true that most software development programs have a source code editor, but along came Notepad ++ that was especially designed for the development of text based code. When Microsoft Windows bundled their software package together it included the default Notepad application that did not function as efficiently as what was needed for editing source code.