can i make any type of program with just the notepad?

Answer 1

Yes, you can do programming in NotePad. I do some programming in EditPad (which is like a slightly better version of NotePad). But in a plain old text editor, you will not be nearly as productive as you would be in an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for the programming language of your choice.

Built-in syntax checking as you type, smart searches through existing code, automatic completion of partially typed keywords and variable names, automatic indenting, code formatting, interactive debugging.... these are all features of most modern IDEs that you would be lacking if you used NotePad. All of these features are geared to make it easier and more efficient to do programming.

Answer 2

There are 2 main kinds of programming languages that are used today. Compiled, and interprited (although some may argue that interprited languages aren't really "programming" languages, I believe they are though)

Compiled code is code that's been run through a compiler and comes out as human-illegible bytecode that the computer can read and understand. Although it's possible to write these kinds of programs with notepad, usually comes with an Integrated Developer Enviornment (IDE). C# and VB come with the Visual Studio and Java has Netbeans and Eclipse.

Interprited language is never compiled but can be run by reading the text. Javascript for example can be run by clicking an html file. For example, if I wrote:



and saved it into a .html file then ran the file, then it will run that code and display:

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Many people don't choose to write in notepad, they prefer the IDE or a more powerful version of Notepad (JEdit for example) that can offer more funcionality for them. If you really wanted to, you could write every program in .txt and then compile (or interprit it) and run it.

Answer 3

Your question is ambiguously defined.

Notepad has limitations. It cannot represent all the different possible bytecode representations. It was only designed for displaying character sets (a much smaller subset of the possible bytecode representations). So, in essence, you cannot write a binary program from notepad.

To answer your question from a different perspective, yes you can write a program using a programming language and compile/translate that into byte code using a compiler or interpreter (another program).

To sum it up: notepad wasn't created for the purpose of writing .exe files. It can be used to create the script/program using a language defined by "whatever programming language you choose to use" for interpretation/compilation by another program.

Also, you can make great notes too! ;)

Answer 4

Yes you can you can make anything with notepad try using some wacky codes and save it your computer becomes wacky