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An editor acts like a simple word processor where you can type the commands you want your computer to follow. When you save your commands, you save them in a text (or ASCII) file. Although you can use a word processor to create a text file, a word processor offers fancy formatting features (such as changing fonts or underlining text), which you don’t need to write a program.

Technical Stuff An ASCII file consists of nothing but characters that you can type from a keyboard. ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, which is simply a universal file format that any computer can use.

An editor looks like a word processor but may offer special features to make programming easier, such as automatically formatting your source code, offering shortcuts for editing your source code, or providing pop-up help as you’re typing program commands

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