It took a while, but Microsoft has finally delivered a long-awaited tool for developers, sysadmins, and terminal enthusiasts. Starting with the latest versions of Windows 11 (24H2 and 25H2), a new ...

In context: Windows has included a proprietary JavaScript engine since the release of Internet Explorer 3.0 nearly 30 years ago. Technically, JScript is Microsoft's own dialect of the ...

When MS-DOS 5.0 was released in 1991, one of the big innovations was the MS-DOS Editor, a classic text editor that quickly became popular with users. Now, Microsoft has developed a new version of ...

Editor's take: Back in the DOS days, real PC users wrote their textual tomes in the official MS-DOS Editor – I certainly did. These days, developers offer a confusing array of text editors, so ...

Edit on Windows is part of new improvements to the dev experience. Edit on Windows is part of new improvements to the dev experience. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been ...

Microsoft announced a set of new Windows 11 features for developers and enthusiasts, including a new command-line text editor, a reworked "Advanced Settings" section, and more. At Build 2025, ...

Microsoft announced a new command line text editor as part of a set of developer updates for Windows 11 at Build today. It’s called Edit, and it’s available now for Windows (and Linux!) if you want to ...

A trusted tool has turned traitor. A new Citizen Lab investigation reveals that UyghurEditPP, a legitimate open-source Uyghur-language text editor, has been weaponized to spy on members of the World ...

Jeffrey Goldberg initially thought he may have been the target of a disinformation campaign. Instead, the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic was included in a group text purportedly used by Trump cabinet ...

The latest State of JavaScript survey provides an up-close look at the JavaScript language features, tools, libraries, and frameworks developers are using and how they're using them. Getting a ...