Code Pad Text Editor

An multi-language code text-editor crafted for the Chrome OS. Completely free to use and to modify under the GPL!

What is Code Pad Text Editor?

"Code Pad Text Editor" is a Chrome extension designed as a multi-language text editor for coding. Ideal for Chrome OS, it supports a wide range of programming languages such as Java, Python, SQL, and many more. Apart from serving as a simple notepad, its features include syntax highlighting, bug detection, code auto-completion, code folding, and integration with Google Drive or local storage. It aims to provide an experience matching native editors like Sublime, Vim and TextMate.

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By: Andrew Borg

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Users: 40,000+

Rating: 4.36 (669)

Version: 1.0.96 (Last updated: 2020-11-21)

Creation date: 2020-05-11

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

{"fileSystem":["write","retainEntries","directory"]}
syncFileSystem
storage
clipboardRead
fullscreen
notifications
https://www.google-analytics.com/

Size: 2.97M

Email: an*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 3972 ▲ 295

Other rankings

#2789 in Developer Tools

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Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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The editor supports a variety of programming languages!

Currently supported:

Apache, Bash, C/C++, CoffeeScript, CSS3, Dockerfile, GitIgnore, GoLang, HTML5, Java, JavaScript, JSON, Less, Lua, Markdown, MS SQL, Perl, PHP, PHTML, Plain text, PostgreSQL SQL Python, Ruby, Rust, Sass, Scala, SQL, TypeScript, XML, XHTML, and a few more..

Code Pad Text Editor is a free, lightweight text editor for code crafted for Chrome OS. Code Pad allows you to write simple code snippets or build complete programming applications and projects easily, straight on your Chromebook.

P.S. You can also use Code Pad Text Editor as a simple text editor (notepad), if that's all you need (duh)...

Some nifty features:

Full project browsing & management
Over 20 familiar themes (Monokai, etc...)
Choice of crisp mono-spaced editor fonts
Ready-made code snippets
Syntax error & bug detection/alerts

User reviews

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Pros

Simple and native editor for Chrome OS
Good integration with Google Drive
Offline functionality
Auto-closes tags
Useful for low-powered Chromebooks

Cons

Issues with tab management (closing tabs can close the whole app)
Initial default to JavaScript instead of plain text
Lack of support for certain file formats (e.g., .png)
Missing features like regular expression support and debugging for multiple languages
Problems with repo cloning

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