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title: "The Text Editor"
date: 2019-06-09T20:12:16-07:00
weight: 9
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You will want some kind of text editor to develop Encompass projects.

I _highly_ recommend [VSCodium](https://vscodium.com/) if you are on Windows or OSX, and Code - OSS if you are on Linux. These are open-source distributions of Microsoft's VSCode editor, which features excellent C# integration and various convenient features, like an integrated Git interface and terminal. (Make sure you set the terminal to Git Bash if you are on Windows - this is under File -> Settings.)

Of course, if you prefer some other editor, that will be perfectly fine.