Summary: in this tutorial, you will learn about JavaScript code editors and how to install the Visual Studio Code for coding JavaScript.
Popular JavaScript Code Editors
To edit JavaScript source code, you need a plain text editor such as Notepad on Windows. However, to simplify and speed up the typing of JavaScript code, you need a JavaScript code editor.
Besides basic editing features, a JavaScript code editor provides you with syntax highlighting, indentation, autocomplete, and brace matching functionality. Some editors also allow you to debug JavaScript.
The following are some popular JavaScript code editors:
Note that all these JavaScript editors are free. As a matter of choice, we will use the Visual Studio Code.
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code is a free and open-source code editor developed by Microsoft. Visual Studio Code is often called VS Code.