<s>
Brackets	B-Application
is	O
a	O
source	B-Application
code	I-Application
editor	I-Application
with	O
a	O
primary	O
focus	O
on	O
web	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Inc.	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
licensed	O
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
and	O
is	O
currently	O
maintained	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
by	O
open-source	B-Application
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
CSS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brackets	B-Application
is	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
,	O
available	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
and	O
most	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
purpose	O
of	O
Brackets	B-Application
is	O
its	O
live	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
CSS	B-Language
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
editing	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
4	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Adobe	O
announced	O
the	O
first	O
(	O
1.0	O
)	O
release	O
of	O
Brackets	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
update	O
introduced	O
new	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
custom	O
shortcut	O
key	O
combinations	O
and	O
more	O
accurate	O
JavaScript	B-Language
hinting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brackets	B-Application
has	O
a	O
major	O
focus	O
on	O
development	O
in	O
JavaScript-enabled	O
,	O
CSS	B-Language
and	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
1.0	O
,	O
Adobe	O
announced	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
extracts	O
design	O
information	O
from	O
a	O
PSD	O
file	O
for	O
convenience	O
of	O
coding	O
in	O
CSS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Extract	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
via	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
and	O
Dreamweaver	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
paid	O
service	O
,	O
Adobe	O
Creative	O
Cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
Adobe	O
announced	O
it	O
would	O
end	O
their	O
support	O
for	O
Brackets	B-Application
on	O
September	O
1	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Brackets	B-Application
project	O
was	O
subsequently	O
transferred	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
community-owned	O
and	O
driven	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
release	O
of	O
Brackets	B-Application
is	O
2.1.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
first	O
started	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
text	O
editor	B-General_Concept
for	O
web	O
development	O
on	O
Edge	B-Application
Code	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
discontinued	O
as	O
of	O
November	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
effort	O
was	O
later	O
transformed	O
into	O
Adobe	B-Application
Brackets	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Brackets	B-Application
1.0	O
,	O
Adobe	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
application	O
for	O
web	O
development	O
was	O
ready	O
and	O
was	O
not	O
an	O
experimental	O
project	O
any	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brackets	B-Application
contains	O
contributions	O
by	O
more	O
than	O
282	O
community	O
contributors	O
and	O
has	O
more	O
than	O
400	O
requests	O
for	O
bug	O
fixes	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
version	O
of	O
Brackets	B-Application
had	O
more	O
than	O
100,000	O
downloads	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
16th	O
most	O
popular	O
project	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
as	O
of	O
January	O
16	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Brackets	B-Application
repository	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
(	O
)	O
currently	O
has	O
152	O
branches	B-General_Concept
,	O
110	O
releases	O
and	O
17,700	O
commits	B-Architecture
as	O
of	O
30	O
Aug	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
freely	O
available	O
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
developer	O
can	O
alter	O
features	O
on	O
Brackets	B-Application
and	O
personalize	O
it	O
for	O
one	O
's	O
own	O
convenience	O
by	O
forking	B-Application
the	I-Application
software	I-Application
code	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
officially	O
dropped	O
support	O
for	O
Brackets	B-Application
on	O
September	O
1	O
,	O
2021	O
and	O
recommended	O
users	O
migrate	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
official	O
release	O
was	O
version	O
1.14.2	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
community	B-Application
fork	I-Application
continues	O
to	O
release	O
newer	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brackets	B-Application
provides	O
several	O
features	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Quick	O
edit	O
enables	O
inline	O
editing	O
of	O
CSS	B-Language
,	O
Color	O
Property	O
,	O
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
elements	B-General_Concept
for	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
built-in	O
feature	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
multiple	O
functions	O
or	O
properties	O
simultaneously	O
and	O
all	O
updates	O
are	O
applied	O
directly	O
to	O
the	O
file	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
changed	O
elements	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
one	O
clicks	O
the	O
respective	O
code	O
snippet	O
in	O
CSS/HTML	O
the	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
immediately	O
shows	O
the	O
output	O
relating	O
to	O
that	O
code	O
snippet	O
in	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
is	O
termed	O
as	O
Live	O
Preview	O
,	O
this	O
feature	O
also	O
pushes	O
code	O
edits	O
instantly	O
to	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
to	O
present	O
an	O
updated	O
webpage	O
as	O
the	O
developers	O
modify	O
the	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brackets	B-Application
contains	O
a	O
Node.js	B-Language
backend	B-Architecture
that	O
predicts	O
what	O
the	O
code	O
does	O
as	O
the	O
developer	O
types	O
the	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Element	B-General_Concept
Highlighting	O
:	O
Elements	B-General_Concept
selected	O
in	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
CSS	B-Language
files	O
are	O
highlighted	O
within	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
only	O
works	O
with	O
desktop	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
(	O
not	O
open-source	B-Application
Chromium	B-Language
)	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
target	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opening	O
developer	O
tools	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
will	O
close	O
all	O
live	O
development	O
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
files	O
to	O
be	O
viewed	O
must	O
be	O
inside	O
a	O
currently	O
open	O
folder	O
in	O
Brackets	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
one	O
HTML	B-Language
file	I-Language
can	O
be	O
previewed	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Real	O
time	O
updates	O
are	O
paused	O
when	O
syntactically	B-Application
invalid	O
HTML	B-Language
is	O
encountered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brackets	B-Application
will	O
resume	O
pushing	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
when	O
the	O
syntax	B-Application
is	O
corrected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brackets	B-Application
supports	O
codes	O
from	O
multiple	O
file	O
types	O
from	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
C	B-Language
,	O
VBScript	B-Application
to	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Perl	B-Language
and	O
Ruby	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brackets	B-Application
supports	O
a	O
feature	O
called	O
"	O
PSD	O
lens	O
"	O
that	O
helps	O
to	O
smoothly	O
extract	O
each	O
of	O
pictures	O
,	O
logos	O
and	O
design	O
styles	O
from	O
PSD	O
file	O
without	O
opening	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
to	O
check	O
for	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
problem	O
was	O
later	O
solved	O
using	O
an	O
extension	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brackets	B-Application
integrates	O
Theseus	O
,	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
JavaScript	B-Language
debugger	I-Language
that	O
enables	O
developers	O
to	O
set	O
break	O
points	O
,	O
step	O
through	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
inspect	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
variables	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Theseus	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
debug	O
any	O
extension	B-Application
in	O
Brackets	B-Application
and	O
is	O
easily	O
installed	O
using	O
the	O
built-in	O
extension	B-Application
manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Theseus	O
also	O
works	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Live	O
Preview	O
through	O
a	O
proxy	B-Application
server	I-Application
that	O
records	O
a	O
function	O
and	O
its	O
associated	O
values	O
every	O
time	O
the	O
function	O
is	O
called	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
built	O
with	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
CSS	B-Language
,	O
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
developers	O
can	O
provide	O
additional	O
functionality	O
to	O
Brackets	B-Application
by	O
creating	O
extensions	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
extensions	B-Application
can	O
be	O
found	O
and	O
installed	O
using	O
the	O
built-in	O
extension	B-Application
manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extensions	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
found	O
online	O
via	O
Brackets	B-Application
Extension	B-Application
Registry	O
.	O
</s>
