Editor recommendations for new users.

[Vadim Lopatin via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 27 August 2017 at 10:05:29 UTC, Nicholas Wilson wrote:
> So I will be doing a workshop on programming for the biology 
> department at my university and I was wondering what would best 
> suit the users.
>
> The following are a must:
>     support windows & mac ( the more consistent between the two 
> the better)
>     free
>     no large install footprint, preferably simple install 
> procedure (running on laptops)
>     syntax highlighting
>     straightforward to use
>
> anything else is a bonus.
>
> Whats your experience with what you use?
>
> Many thanks
> Nic

Try DlangIDE : https://github.com/buggins/dlangide

Simple IDE with DUB based project format, uses DUB to fetch 
dependencies, build and run projects. Support of basic debugging.
Syntax highlight, code completion, go to definition - using DCD.

Supports Windows, mac, linux.
Precompiled binaries for Windows: 
https://github.com/buggins/dlangide/releases

Distribution size for Windows - 5.4Mb zipped. Includes DUB and 
mago-mi debugger.


For Mac, it's easy to build it using DUB.