[nfbcs] Accessible Code Editors

Tue Jan 29 17:17:40 UTC 2019

I also use Edsharpe for simple code editing, but have started to use Visual
Studio Code as well.  It is a level down form Visual studio, but is a
serious text editor.

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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Accessible Code Editors

If you want simple, then the two most commonly used coding editors are
Notepad++ which was mentioned before, and my preference ED Sharp.

Notepad++ always bothered me because Jaws would not read the text that
I was selecting. Jaws is my preferred screenreader, and it just got
irritating so I stopped using Notepad++. Maybe that bug got fixed, I don't
know, I have not looked at Notepad++ in a year or two. That being said, I
don't believe NVDA has any problems with Notepad++.

Ed Sharp is a project that was created for the site impaired. It is similar
to Notepad++ in some areas. Both are very wattered down Intigrated
Development Environments (IDE) though. ED Sharp is created to work with
screenreaders, and even installs custom jaws scripts for the application to
fine tune how Jaws interacts with ED Sharp.

Both Notepad++ and ED Sharp provide more or less the same functionallities,
and as far as I can tell, they are the two most commonly used in the blind
community when it comes to simple code editors. Probably Notepad++ is used
more with NVDA mostly because it is mainstream.

Just so you know, if you ever want to go farther, visual studeo is also
accessible, but it is overkill if all you are doing is HTML and CSS. It is
more used if you ever start programming in javascript, or ASP.net. It has a
tun of features, more than you will probably ever need, and it tends to lag
quite a bit. It is worth it if you are using the languages I mentioned above
though. Note, visual studio supports far more languages than the ones I
mentioned.

TJ Breitenfeldt
On 1/29/19, Ross Pollpeter via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Simple is fine with me. I am just doing this as a hobby.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jan 28, 2019, at 10:18 PM, Nicole Torcolini via nfbcs 
>> <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>>    Are you looking for a fancy code editor with formatting, 
>> autocomplete, etc. or just something simple? I write both HTML and 
>> JavaScript, but I just use a simple code editor. There are pros and 
>> cons to both.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ross 
>> Pollpeter via nfbcs
>> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 6:34 PM
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>> Subject: [nfbcs] Accessible Code Editors
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>> What code editors work best for JAWS and/or NVDA? I'm hoping on 
>> learning how to code HTML. Thank you.
>> -Ross
>>
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