What you need for this book

The Google Maps JavaScript API works with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code. So, a text editor with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS handling capabilities will be a good friend while exploring this book.

For Mac users, there are lots of commercial or free text editors, such as TextWrangler, BBEdit, Sublime Text, or WebStorm. They all handle HTML, JavaScript, and CSS beautifully.

For Windows users, there are different text editors as well, but Notepad++ is the most used and recommended one.

Choosing an editor depends on your computer's habits, so there is no exact solution or recommendation for users to select one editor. Everyone has a different perception that affects these choices.

There is also need for an HTTP server to implement ...

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