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Mayuresh K.
MK
Tools Management Sr. Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Brackets for web development"
What do you like best about Brackets?

Live preview of code changes is the best benefit. Intellisense available for most language which helps code faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brackets?

Takes too long to start. Live preview crashes sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Praveen S.
PS
Sr PeopleSoft Consultant
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best programming text editor I have used"
What do you like best about Brackets?

The code hint, quick edit, Live preview are the once which are really awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brackets?

Sometimes Live preview automatically shuts down, and it does take more time on startup, maybe with the version that I am using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"User friendly"
What do you like best about Brackets?

I was able to open multiple files in a single document. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brackets?

I couldn't able to change the text style. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Brackets is an excellent text/code editor that I can rely on for web development."
What do you like best about Brackets?

I love Brackets's live preview, which has been extremely important for a quick and smooth workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brackets?

Although not often, Brackets will sometimes crash unexpectedly or have a long wait time to startup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amar p.
AP
Content Writer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great software for front end developers and designers"
What do you like best about Brackets?

The best thing according to developers is that they can easily do their creative things as it is the free text editor. You can easily refresh the code and check for changes. Easy to use, install, and learn. Add your choice of plugins for your work. I like the UI/UX of tool.

Another best thing that it is lightweight and makes your work more easier. I enjoyed working in this software as it is best and recommend text editor. One more cool thing is that it works for all operating systems such as Mac, Windows, and Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brackets?

I liked this software alot and have no such dislikes about it as no software it perfect and won't support everything. You have to compromise somewhere. I like to work in this software and have no such issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KO
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Simple yet great text editor that covers my needs"
What do you like best about Brackets?

It allows me to edit small scripts on python, bash and the eventual odd out in other language and configuration files without adding any clutter. The interface is really clean and easy on my eyes and combined with a good search function it allows me to focus on what I need to do easily. I was not a big fan at first, but my eyes really appreciate that it causes less strain after working on the screen for long hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brackets?

The only downside I can find only applies if you have a low spec machine, it is quite resource hungry compared with other text applications, specially when you open a file several thousands lines long, but as long as you have at least 8GB ram it should work perfectly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
CI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy to use and light weight text editor"
What do you like best about Brackets?

The best thing about the bracket is it's free of cost, easy to install and setup. It is available for all operating systems like Linux, Mac, and Windows. It provides plugins contributors who improve the code environment, you can add and remove plugins of your choice. We don't need to run the code all the time we just want to refresh the browser the changes are reflected on the browser without doing the re-run of code with 'Ctrl + R' / F5 all the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brackets?

Sometimes some of the extensions have some problems. It supports only the chrome browser correctly. Sometimes we don't have a chrome browser in every environment so it's not possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Online Media
UO
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Checks All Of My Web Dev Needs"
What do you like best about Brackets?

Hands down, my favorite feature is the live preview. For the kind of work I do, I need constant verification that my code is checking out and not breaking anything. Using Brackets solely for this feature has cut my development time nearly in half. I can't live without it. I also appreciate IntelliSense for all the various languages -- it makes switching between projects and languages a breeze. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brackets?

I do have an issue with live preview sometimes where it just stops working out of nowhere. I don't know why it does this, but it's incredibly frustrating and requires a restart. Additionally, I find it to be slow at times with specific files. I wish they provided color schemes with the software to make my life easier when I need to make adjustments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ali Y.
AY
Product Owner
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"My favorite IDE for front-end development"
What do you like best about Brackets?

I love facilitator plugins when writing HTML and CSS codes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brackets?

The alternatives of dark and light mode design options should be increased. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Deeksha P.
DP
Graduate Teaching Assistant- Introduction to Algorithms
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Good for front end"
What do you like best about Brackets?

You can Instantly view changes that you make in your code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Brackets?

Sometimes it crashes and all code is not auto-saved . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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