Editing Bluefish (software) (section)

{{Short description|Free software text editor}}
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{{Infobox software
| name                   = Bluefish
| logo                   = bluefish-icon.svg
| screenshot             = Bluefish (text editor).png
| caption                = Bluefish 2.0.0 with default [[toolbar]]s & [[HTML]]
| developer              = Olivier Sessink
| released               = {{start date and age|df=yes|1999}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|Q651027|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date    = {{wikidata|qualifier|Q651027|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| operating system       = [[Cross-platform]] ([[POSIX#POSIX-oriented operating systems|POSIX]])
| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| genre                  = [[Text editor]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]
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'''Bluefish''' is a [[free and open-source software]] and an advanced [[Source-code editor|source code editor]] with a variety of tools for programming and website development. It supports editing [[source code]] such as [[C (programming language)|C]], [[JavaScript]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Ajax Construction Kit: Building Plug-and-Play Ajax Applications |author=Michael Morrison |publisher=Prentice Hall  |date=2007 |isbn=9780132350082}}</ref> [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[PHP]],<ref name="PracticalPHP">{{cite book |last=Bacon |first=Jono |author-link=Jono Bacon |date=2007 |title=Practical PHP and MySQL : building eight dynamic web applications |url=https://archive.org/details/practicalphpmysq0000baco/mode/2up |publisher=Prentice Hall |isbn=9780132239974}}</ref><ref name="easyoracle">{{cite book |title=Easy Oracle PHP |date=2006 |publisher=Rampant Tech Press |isbn=9780976157304}}</ref> [[Python (programming language)|Python]],<ref name="pythonforbeginners">{{cite book |title=Python for Beginners |author=H. Bhasin |date=2019 |isbn=978-93-86649-49-2 |publisher=New Age International (P) Ltd.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Python 3 for Absolute Beginners |author=Tim Hall and J-P Stacey |date=2009 |isbn=978-1-4302-1632-2 |publisher=Apress Berkeley, CA}}</ref> and as well as [[markup language]]s such as [[HTML]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Jump Start HTML5 Basics |author=Tiffany B. Brown |date=2013 |publisher=SitePoint Pty. Ltd. |isbn=978-0-9922794-9-3}}</ref> [[YAML]], and [[XML]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Web Standards - Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML |author=Leslie F. Sikos |date=2011 |publisher=Apress Berkeley, CA |isbn=978-1-4302-4041-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/foss-v-proprietary-software/ |date=2 July 2012 |website=ZDNet |title=FOSS v proprietary software: Website creation}}</ref> It is available for many platforms, including [[Linux]],<ref>{{cite book |title=The Official Ubuntu Book |author=Benjamin Mako Hill, Matthew Helmke, Corey Burger |publisher=Prentice Hall |date=2009 |isbn=978-0137021208}}</ref> [[macOS]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/58574/bluefish |title=Download Bluefish for Mac - Macupdate |date=23 January 2017 |publisher=Macupdate}}</ref> and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/377999/ |title=Bluefish 2.0: Slim but powerful |author=Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier |publisher=Linux Weekly News |date=10 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2014/164/Using-Linux-on-Windows-with-Cygwin/(language)/eng-US |title=Using Linux on Windows with Cygwin |website=Linux Magazine |date=July 2014}}</ref> and can be used via integration with [[GNOME]] or run as a stand-alone application. Designed as a compromise between plain text editors and full programming [[Integrated development environment|IDEs]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/1390076/one-fish-two-fish-red-fish-bluefish.html |title=One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Bluefish |publisher=Computerworld |date=20 December 2001}}</ref><ref name="thegeeksclub">{{cite web |url=https://www.thegeeksclub.com/bluefish-cross-platform-html-editor-review/ |title=Bluefish: A cross-platform HTML Editor – Review |author=Nitin Agarwal |work=The Geeks Club |date=November 29, 2011}}</ref> Bluefish is lightweight, fast and easy to learn, while providing many IDE features.<ref name="zdnet5tools">{{cite web |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-to-programming-my-5-favorite-linux-tools-will-get-you-up-to-speed-faster/ |website=ZDNet |date=May 20, 2024 |title=New to programming? My 5 favorite Linux tools will get you up to speed faster}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://opensourcemusings.com/posts/editing-html-and-more-with-bluefish.html |title=Editing HTML (and More) with Bluefish |author=Scott Nesbitt |date=14 October 2020}}</ref> Bluefish was one of the first source code editors on the Linux desktop. It has been translated into 17 languages. The source code is available under the [[GNU General Public License]].