As of writing, the latest version is 6.8.3. You can get your copy of Notepad++ from SourceForge here. If I ever figure out how to use Knitr in Npp, then I’ll have few reasons to stay with RStudio. I’ve been using Npp as an IDE since I started using Python and Matlab and I’m slowly transitioning my R scripts from RStudio. I’ll show you examples of how I have it setup for Python, Octave, and R. You can use Notepad++ as an IDE for many languages which gives the advantage of a single consistent environment if you work with multiple languages. The quick startup is especially handy when you have to make a quick edit and you don’t want to wait for Spyder or IDLE to open. Notepad++ (Npp) opens really quickly and offers code folding and syntax highlighting for many languages based on the file extension when you save your script. It only makes sense to put the two together and the result will be a lightweight Integrated Development Environment or IDE. Python is a versatile, open source programming language. Notepad++ is an incredibly powerful, open source text editor.

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