Productivity apps are really coming into their own on the Windows Store these past few months. A number of impressive solutions are available that offer users of Microsoft’s newest platform to work from right within the Metro interface.
Speaking of which, Code Writer is one such application that allows programmers to code and edit or create documents without leaving the Metro UI. It also offers several helpful features including syntax highlighting and support for tabs.
A selection from the pretty elaborate official description:
(complete description available here) “Code Writer is a free text and code editor app with active syntax highlighting that updates as you edit documents and has over 20 supported file types. A tabbed document interface allows for quickly switching between open documents.
The app has been built from the ground up with Windows 8 design principles in mind. It’s fast and fluid, and gives you the power to edit documents with features you’d normally only find in desktop apps. Code Writer is perfect for editing any text-based file, doing code reviews, or giving presentations with code samples.”
As you may have guessed, this app is primarily aimed at developers, and supports more than 20 of the most popular programming languages — HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, JavaScript, XML, C#, VB C++, Markdown and Perl are some of the popular ones supported.
The free app can be installed on all versions of Windows 8, including Windows RT.
Click here to check out Code Writer on the Windows Store.
