Text Editors

Text Editors#

VSCode#

It is highly recommended to use the text editor VSCode. You can log onto the the computing cluster and edit files in VSCode. Here is a guide on how to do that: VSCode on the Tufts cluster. It has many very useful features and extensions that can help you write code more efficiently. Here are some useful extensions for VSCode:

  • For logging on to the cluster

    • Remote - SSH

    • Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files

    • Remote - Tunnel

  • For programming in Python

    • Python

    • Pylance

    • Ruff

  • For using Jupyter Notebooks

    • Jupyter

    • Jupyter Keymap

    • Jupyter Notebook Render

  • For using GitHub Copilot

    • GitHub Copilot

VSCode also suggests extensions as you open different file types.

Editors via the Command Line#

Commonly used text editors that can be accessed via the command line include: vim and emacs. They have a steeper learning curve than VSCode and offer fewer features, but are still very powerful. They were widely used before VSCode became popular.

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