Some sort of a text editor or Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is required for coding. Here we provide some options and recommendations.
Course recommended editors for Unity & C#
- 1st recommendation for Windows users
- Community edition is free
- Integrates the ✨Copilot AI✨
- Note Visual Studio and VSCode are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PRODUCTS
- 1st recommendation for Mac users
- Free
- Integrates the ✨Copilot AI✨
- Note Visual Studio and VSCode are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PRODUCTS
Other editors with good Unity & C# support
- Strong C# editor with great Unity support
- Paid, 30 day trial, for individuals then ~15€/mo
- Integrated AI features are another 10€/mo
- VSCode fork that claims a quicker and more flexible ✨AI integration✨
- Currently recommend to use Claude 3.5 Sonnet as the AI model
Some other editors (there are many)
- Nice lightweight code-focused text editor
- Pay-if-you-want, basically free with a nag
- Another lightweight code-focused text editor
- For the hardcore
- Modal editor, many keybindings and things to learn
- Some people love it and want vi bindings in all other editors too
- If you go this way make sure you also have time for the materials and assignments
- “Multiplayer editor” — collaboration features built-in
- Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) for AI features, e.g. create account at https://console.anthropic.com and pay Anthropic per usage
- Currently recommend to use Claude 3.5 Sonnet as the AI model
Not recommended
- Retiring on August 31, 2024, not recommended