Notepad++ is where I write my code

Say you are starting a new job and need to hit the ground running. It would be nice to avoid having to learn new tools, as well as a whole new set of working practices and environment. Notepad++ has moved with me between jobs, whether they be agency side, in house, or at home. By virtue of the fact that it can be run portably, and accept plugins dropped into a folder, I have always been able to get my coding environment set up in 5 minutes on any PC. Even without admin privileges. I tag the software that I use personally with #webDevToolkit. I am going to brain dump, in no particular order, some of the things I love about it.

Great things about Notepad++

It remembers your last session

I can be working on multiple files and just close the program. When I open it again all of the tabs pop back. Even files that I didn't save are back with their red icon indicating I need to save them.

The HTML tag plugin

I work a lot on code i've grabbed from CMSs