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UltraEdit vs Codelobster

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When comparing UltraEdit vs Codelobster, the Slant community recommends UltraEdit for most people. In the question“What are the best simple text editors for Windows?” UltraEdit is ranked 15th while Codelobster is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose UltraEdit is:

UltraEdit has small memory usage and allows for fast parsing/searching when handling large files.

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Pros

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Handles large files (>1GB) extremely well

UltraEdit has small memory usage and allows for fast parsing/searching when handling large files.

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Works perfectly with remote files

Supports several protocols for accessing remote files and working on them with the same ease as local files. Files can be integrated in the projects as normal files.

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Probably the most versatile general editor in existence.

If you need a general editor, UltraEdit is the way to go. If you were writing C/C++ all day, then this would be your editor. If you need to slog through large files then this is your go to editor. If you need to go through XML files, then this is your editor. If you need to sort data, then this your my editor.

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Fast, stable, easy to use

It loads with a short delay, but once loaded it's snappy and rock-solid. Anyone accustomed to using Windows text editors will feel at home in its interface, and those that prefer alternate keybindings can easily change them.

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Search and replace capabilities

From Ultraedit to Perl to Unix regex engines, the search and replace can accomplish just about anything.

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Responsive company

Whether for feature requests, technical support or license questions, IDM is always quick to respond.

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Nice hex display & edit

There's a handful of other features like this that make UltraEdit indispensable.

Pro
Extremely customizable GUI editor

UltraEdit offer the best of both worlds. it has a full on GUI along with all the shortcut commands you need. There's no need for the user to suffer 80 char limitations of a terminal editor.

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Highly flexible

UltraEdit allows you to handle groups of files as a project.

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Advanced support for all popular frameworks

Including Laravel, Bootstrap. jQuery, WordPress, Drupal, Yii and so on.

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Special support for JQuery through the jQuery plugin

The jQuery support (when you install the jQuery plugin) is great. It adds function definitions so that autocomplete works as intended. Furthermore, the IDE knows about the logic of the different libraries and frameworks and can understand that $(this) refers to a jQuery instance.

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Great HTML, CSS and JavaScript autocomplete

Codelobster has great HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP autocomplete

Pro
Free version available

There is a free version available for download; it comes with a lot of features that you would find in an IDE.

Pro
Portable option available

Codelobster IDE offers a lightweight, portable option.

Pro
Hovering over a CSS property shows you which browsers are supported by that property

This is a really nice feature as it immediately shows you the browsers that support a certain CSS property. Of course, it does not beat actual testing, but it's still a nice feature that saves developers a lot of time.

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Cons

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Proprietary

It's not free and a license costs $79.99.

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The themes introduced in version 20 regressed certain aspects of syntax coloring

The themes simplified the syntax highlighting which lost the capacity to have as many colors as one wanted to define. Now it is limited to around 20 different colors. In general it's not a problem but in certain cases it broke coloring.
For some reason, the classic theme is the only one that is totally pleasant for readability well with syntax highlighting.

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You need to sign up to get a free serial number for the free version

In order to use the free version of Codelobster, you have to sign up and get a free account. This is done to help stopping piracy, but it's still pretty jarring when all you want to do is install a program.