# Recommended IDE **URL:** \ **Category:** Tools\ **Created:** [30 June 2021 02:08 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/recommended-ide/2022 "2021-06-30T02:08:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kimitoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@kimitoshi](https://forum.robotframework.org/u/kimitoshi)\ **Post date:** [30 June 2021 02:08 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/recommended-ide/2022/1 "2021-06-30T02:08:28Z")
Hello community, I"m new to automated testing. Try to automate desktop application on windows and planning to use robot framework. About the IDE, which one do you recommend, and why? I can not make up my mind which one to choose… RED - Robot Editor? VS code? Eclipse? …etc ---
**Author:** ![damies13](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.robotframework.org/damies13/32/623_2.png) [@damies13](https://forum.robotframework.org/u/damies13)\ **Post date:** [30 June 2021 03:14 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/recommended-ide/2022/2 "2021-06-30T03:14:39Z")
Hi Toda, [RIDE](https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/wiki) seems to be a popular choice by many here and I know the developer of RIDE frequents this forum so help is not far away. There are many things that influence which is the best, including personal preference, and organisational requirements. I suggest you check out the [Robot Framework Page](https://robotframework.org/), select the “Tools” menu and then click the “Editors” tab, there is a good list of whats available there. My personal preference is to use the Atom text editor with the Robot Framework plugins, as this works best for me as I was using Atom before I knew about Robot Framework, so its a tool I was already familiar with. My personal advice is to try a couple then decide what works best for you, or enables you to develop test cases the quickest. Hope this helps, Dave. ---
**Author:** ![kimitoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@kimitoshi](https://forum.robotframework.org/u/kimitoshi)\ **Post date:** [2 July 2021 04:51 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/recommended-ide/2022/3 "2021-07-02T04:51:51Z")
Hi, Dave Thanks a lot for your advise Atom with Robot framework plugin sounds good. Include that, I’m going to try some. 🙂 Brs/Toda ---
**Author:** ![robinmackaij](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.robotframework.org/robinmackaij/32/126_2.png) [@robinmackaij](https://forum.robotframework.org/u/robinmackaij)\ **Post date:** [6 July 2021 17:54 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/recommended-ide/2022/4 "2021-07-06T17:54:54Z")
I would recommend Visual Studio Code. There is now the Robot Framework LSP to help debugging, autocompletion, etc. ---
**Author:** ![kimitoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@kimitoshi](https://forum.robotframework.org/u/kimitoshi)\ **Post date:** [8 July 2021 01:30 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/recommended-ide/2022/5 "2021-07-08T01:30:57Z")
Hi, Robin Thank you very much for your comment. I will try it definitely 😀 Btw, about the plug-in, I found following items at a glance. Any other plug-in you recommend to work with? - Robot Framework Intellisense - robotframework - robot framework language - Robotframework Debugger BRs/toda ---
**Author:** ![robinmackaij](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.robotframework.org/robinmackaij/32/126_2.png) [@robinmackaij](https://forum.robotframework.org/u/robinmackaij)\ **Post date:** [19 July 2021 06:03 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/recommended-ide/2022/6 "2021-07-19T06:03:11Z")
The only plug-in that you need is Robot Framework Language Server (by Robocorp). This plugin offers syntax highlighting, autocompletion and debugging. If you also write custom Python libraries, Pylance (by Microsoft). ---
**Author:** ![kimitoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@kimitoshi](https://forum.robotframework.org/u/kimitoshi)\ **Post date:** [29 July 2021 04:04 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/recommended-ide/2022/7 "2021-07-29T04:04:06Z")
Noted. Thank you very much!