One of the best free IDE/programming text editors that I found

I once needed to run some PHP script at work. And I tried to find a free and good PHP IDE. And it is difficult.

So someone suggested Atom.

And I studied it. It is awesome. It is free. It is built on github.

To use Atom on linux is straightforward, follow the steps:

https://codeforgeek.com/2014/09/install-atom-editor-ubuntu-14-04/

And to install Atom on windows is a little bit troublesome. You first need to install github on windows:

windows.github.com

And then install Atom:

https://atom.io/


To run PHP script on Atom, here is a how on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyVnWjZzGVY

So you need to install the Atom package "script".

But to install the Atom package "script" on windows is troublesome, especially your PC has a firewall etc, otherwise, you will get npm error. I have not resolved my problem.

There are some other package in Atom which can run the script, like atom-runner. But atom-runner can not run PHP file. 

Here is a good video on how to use Atom:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFAzqvYoHJs


Here is an interesting Atom windows video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg_eNjE5ogc