Notepad Plus Plus has little in common with the native Notepad. It is more like a IDE made for advanced programming. Notepad++ has all the features developers need when writing all sorts of programming code - highlighting, segmentation of code, predefined sections of code etc. The utility supports several languages and boasts very low system requirements. Based on C++ and Win32 API Notepad++ ensures high execution speed and small program size. You can check out the full list of features at: http://notepad-plus-plus.softplanet.com/