When comparing Chocolatapp 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 Chocolatapp is ranked 54th. 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 Split editing
Viewing two files at once is easy in Chocolatapp. Just select them both in the sidebar.
Pro Code completion
Pro Great user interface
Pro Multiple cursors and selections
Pro Live error checking
Chocolat constantly checks your code as you’re writing it. That means no more interruptions from rude parse errors.
Pro Code folding
Pro Built-in language documentation
Pro Live previewing of HTML and Markdown
Pro Light application
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 Only available for Mac
It's only available for OSX.
Con Paid application
Chocolatapp is not a free application.
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.