BBEdit is one of the best known text editing applications for the Mac. It's essentially a premium version of TextWrangler; it shares many of the same features, but offers some additional upgrades for a fee. Both applications are published by Bare Bones.
Like TextWrangler, BBEdit is versatile enough to support novice coders and experienced programmers, and it's a great application to have installed - just in case. With multiple clipboards, multiple undos and configurable shortcuts, BBEdit yields impressive results and aids very efficient coding.
Compared to TextWrangler, BBEdit is better for producing standards-compliant code, since it can validate HTML 4.01 through version 5, and XTHTML 1.0 and 1.1. It also adds a convenient Scratchpad for note taking, making it easy to jot down snippets of code, and also offers user defined clippings.
This type of testing is in support of alternate fuels to power research, MACT (Maximum Achievable Control Technology) regulations for boilers and industrial furnaces, and quality control testing of fuels to maximize combustion performance.
Other benefits include:
- Built in support for Subversion and Perforce.
- Integration with Apple Automator.
- Batch processing of text transformations across multiple files.
- Support for Exuberant Ctags for source code navigation.
- A very reasonable price tag of $49.95.
If you already use TextWrangler, BBEdit is a logical upgrade with a number of additional bonus features that make it well worth your cash.