Number one tool everyone needs to have is a good solid text editor. Notepad is useless. There are probably zillions of text editors out there. My choice has been UltraEdit for a long time. It is just one of these utilities I couldn't do without. I find it a lot more intuitive to use compared to other text editors available.

UltraEdit is the ideal text, hex, HTML, PHP, Java, Javascript, Perl, and programmer's editor.  I probably am not taking advantage of all of its capabilities but for what I use and what I need it is an absolutely indispensible tool for me. I love that I can open huge text or csv files, do quick searches, use it as a HEX editor, put windows side by side and all kinds of neat stuff. Its search and replace functions are great.

UltraEdit is my text editor and I recommend it to anyone.

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