... Default Notepad, or notepad++?

Just had an answer for my question.

It would be totally insane to do so, because Notepad lacks features like syntax highlighting, code completion, and debugging tools, which makes coding more challenging and less efficient.

I think I know what debugging tools are, what about code completion and syntax highlighting? Are these analogically set of rules like how grammar are set of rules to English?

You can write software with notepad++, that's some extension which introduce programming features like intellisense, I never do that but i assume it would be difficult to manage complex applications.
Development tools like visual studio code are actually just a text editor with very powerful extension, you can use VS code purely as documentation hub or install the extension which suit u and turn it into complex IDE.

Okay I looked it up.
Theres IDE of the same name "Visual Studio Community", that is IDE ya, if I were to pick between Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio Community, should I choose the former or the latter, because you said that Visual Studio Code, albeit text editor, could do so much more as an IDE given customisation and modification that would seem fit.. Or just go with Visual Studio Community, for it is a full fledge IDE, but the problem is it is so huge, wouldn't the download take forever I am afraid my midspec laptop wouldn't be able to bear downloading 8 hours above

Visual Studio Community is for microsoft-oriented development only, like c#, asp.net etc.
Whereby visual code can be use for most of the major development language out there as long as u install the suitable extension, c#, java, python, c++, or web development like angular and react.
Choose IDE depends on your need.

I would like to venture into game development..
What programming language should I choose?
Let's say, something like old 2D Final Fantasy games or 2D Pokemon games... Can I write the whole thing using Visual Code??

Nope... Those are for usual software/website development
I got no experience in game development, but for game development u need game engine like unity, unreal, godot etc.

This post has been edited by ragk: Oct 9 2024, 10:47 AM

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Thanks for helping

These are great news indeed! The really basic game, I should try how they code them! I shall get the fundamentals right first!
Thanks!

can try mess around with pygame to get a hang of it..visual code is just an IDE, you can even write it in notepad/word if you want

Reminds me of how Elon Musk self taught himself to code and wrote the game Blastar..
Did he write on a basic text editor too??

Incidentally, do you happen to have heard of Nasir Gebelli? He was a superstar in game programming. He literally wrote the, should I call, barebones of tile-based games, like old 2D Final Fantasy games..

No idea about that but any text editor will do.
But you can try use VS Code, if you have GitHub copilot too even better, makes coding much easier for beginner

Thing is, I do not know how to use GitHUb though...