Practical Data Wrangling

Using text editors to write and manage programs

Like any other practice, programming requires a certain set of tools.

The first of these is the text editor. Text editors for programming are not like ordinary word processors, which will often apply formatting to text and sometimes force users to save with certain file extensions. Programs need to be saved in a raw format in order to run properly. This can be done with plain text editors such as Notepad in Windows and gedit in Linux; however, there are a few reasons to use a specialized text editor to program:

• Code and data tend to be spread across multiple directories, so keeping things organized is an important part of programming. Specialized text editors will often include an interface ...