Notepad is definitionally not an IDE. It is not an integrated environment – and anyone who is intentionally using it over alternatives is almost certainly doing so precisely because they do not want their text editor to be an integrated environment.
I’m sure there’s some case where Notepad is PART of an integrated environment, but it would have to be with support of other tools – likely a terminal of some sort.
The reason other text editors like – like Notepad++ or Neovim – can be full IDEs is because they have plugins to generate that integrated experience.
Notepad isn’t “technically” not an IDE. It does not have any of the features that make an IDE an IDE. People using something for programming does not make that thing an IDE.
An IDE is an integrated environment for development. Notepad is not integrated with any environment. That’s what makes it good.
Notepad is definitionally not an IDE. It is not an integrated environment – and anyone who is intentionally using it over alternatives is almost certainly doing so precisely because they do not want their text editor to be an integrated environment.
I’m sure there’s some case where Notepad is PART of an integrated environment, but it would have to be with support of other tools – likely a terminal of some sort.
The reason other text editors like – like Notepad++ or Neovim – can be full IDEs is because they have plugins to generate that integrated experience.
Tomato Tomahto.
There’s a reason they’re adding Copilot in it, and it’s not because people don’t use it for programming, even if it’s not technically an IDE.
I think perhaps you don’t know what an IDE is.
Notepad isn’t “technically” not an IDE. It does not have any of the features that make an IDE an IDE. People using something for programming does not make that thing an IDE.
An IDE is an integrated environment for development. Notepad is not integrated with any environment. That’s what makes it good.