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A nice open source editor for web view development (HTML, JS, CSS)
October 17, 2019

A nice open source editor for web view development (HTML, JS, CSS)

Jeff Hanson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Brackets

This product is used by developers to develop applications using a wide variety of programming languages and syntax. The program is used by a limited number of developers and is not used outside of the technology department (to my knowledge). It addresses the needs of developers by providing an extendable, customizable, and rich editor for use with Javascript, HTML, XML, and Java.
  • Javascript auto minification
  • Code auto-completion
  • Extensibility (custom add-ons) is easy to configure. Many are available for code beautification, formatting, syntax checking.
  • Can be a little slow to open and render larger files at times relative to a similar application running on the same computer.
  • Some plugins have performance or quality issues (not the fault of Brackets per se, but with the ecosystem of extensions).
  • Color schemes, styling ease of use could be improved. For example, provide out-of-the-box schemes like "high-contrast, night-time, bold."
  • Since this is an open-source tool, the ROI is very high. Anything it produces has a huge return on such a small investment of time learning to use the tool.
  • I was able to use this to augment the lackluster web development editor used by Eclipse. I use Brackets for the view, Eclipse for the server logic and server plugin.
  • The amount of convenient open-source plugins have improved productivity (minification, formatting, beautification).
Microsoft Visual Studio Code is superior to Brackets. Brackets are superior to Eclipse. I chose Brackets before Visual Studio code was available and have not decided to change for my web view development.
Brackets is community-supported and has a simple help page, but does not have a rich help guide. I would use Brackets as long as it serves my needs, but because it is open-source, I cannot expect high levels of support. I would stop using it if the quality of the product deteriorated significantly in any way.

Do you think Brackets delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Brackets's feature set?

Yes

Did Brackets live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Brackets go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Brackets again?

Yes

Well Suited: Javascript, CSS, and HTML development. Brackets works better with scripting languages as in the situation where you are augmenting an IDE like Eclipse, where web page development is lacking. Less approprate: developing in environments when controlling the servers is required, or where a compilation of code is needed. It would not be useful in environments like .Net where a superior editor exists.