Code Pad Text Editor: Lightweight Multi-language Coding Tool
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Extension summary
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
- Simple and native editor for Chrome OS
- Integrates well with Google Drive
- Good for low-powered Chromebooks
- Offline functionality
- Auto-closes tags
- Lack of support for certain file types like .png
- Issues with tab management and data loss if not saved
- Lack of features for code debugging in multiple languages
- Default behavior to open JS files instead of plain text
- Limited support for commands like Ctrl-N
- Very useful for programming on low-powered Chromebooks
- Great integration and usability for Chrome OS
- Desires for more features like SFTP, SSH, and GitHub support
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Extension safety
Risk impact
Code Pad Text Editor requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Code Pad Text Editor has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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