Using an actual text editor/IDE

Please, PLEASE use an actual code editor/IDE such as Visual Studio Code. We see way too many people using notepad to edit files, even notepad++ isn't a good option as it lacks important and extremely useful features. We'll include some links to a few good ones and useful extension or plugins for them.

Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code (or VSCode) is probably the best code editor i've ever used, its extremely popular, versatile, and customizable for any need.

Download Visual Studio Code (opens in a new tab)

VS Code extensions

Here are some very popular and extremely helpful extensions we recommend using. Please be sure to configure them to your specific needs.

LUA by sumneko (opens in a new tab)

CFX Lua by OverExtended (opens in a new tab)

Colorize by kamikillerto (opens in a new tab)

Error Lens by Alexander (opens in a new tab)

Indent Rainbow by oderwat (opens in a new tab)

Code Spell Checker by StreetSideSoftware (opens in a new tab)

Turbo Console Log by ChakrounAnas (opens in a new tab)

Bookmarks by Alessandro Fragnami (opens in a new tab)

Atom

Atom is made by github, however it is now deprecated. If you still want to use it, you can still download it here (opens in a new tab)

Sublime Text

Sublime Text is the text editor I first started using before I found VS Code. It's lightweight and versatile, and has a lot of features built in, however its not nearly as customizable as Visual Studio Code.

Download Sublime Text (opens in a new tab)

We highly discourage the use of Notepad++ as it lacks extremely important and useful features, plus its a bit clunky.