When comparing PortableApps.com vs CodeRunner, the Slant community recommends CodeRunner for most people. In the question“What are the best programming text editors?” CodeRunner is ranked 26th while PortableApps.com is ranked 62nd. The most important reason people chose CodeRunner is:
You can have multiple tabs open with multiple languages in at the same time and Code Runner still performs excellently. Searching through code is always instant and executing code is fast.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Able to run apps at startup
Pro Auto Detect all .exe on portableapps subfolder
Pro Complete Portable Apps database
Pro Fast and efficient
You can have multiple tabs open with multiple languages in at the same time and Code Runner still performs excellently. Searching through code is always instant and executing code is fast.
Pro Supports many different languages
Code Runner comes preinstalled with over 20 languages built in, and it's super easy to run simple programs.
Cons
Con No file association tool
Con Working with very very large projects
Code runner is fantastic for shorter projects, although it can handle very large projects. It stops code completion when the program gets to be several thousands of lines long.