# Can't find p5.js Editor

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-find-p5-js-editor/2730>\
**Category:** p5.js\
**Created:** [August 17, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-find-p5-js-editor/2730 "2018-08-17T18:56:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![stopyunn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@stopyunn](https://discourse.processing.org/u/stopyunn)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-find-p5-js-editor/2730/1 "2018-08-17T18:56:31Z")

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Hey, I just started to take a course on ‘Nature of Code’, and this course required a download of p5.js editor.  
But for some reasons, I can’t find the p5.js editor in the ‘download’. Here: [https://p5js.org/download/](https://p5js.org/download/)  
Did you guys shut down the service(?) or am I not qualified for downloading??

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![TheWizardBear](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/thewizardbear/32/3552_2.png) [@TheWizardBear](https://discourse.processing.org/u/TheWizardBear)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-find-p5-js-editor/2730/2 "2018-08-17T20:12:46Z")

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Did it say **the** p5.js editor, or just a text editor for p5.js?

If it just meant a text editor, then this is what it says on the p5 website:

“You can use the [code editor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code_editor)of your choice. Instructions for getting set up with [Sublime Text 2](http://www.sublimetext.com/2) are included below, other good [free] editor options include [Brackets](http://brackets.io/), [Atom](https://atom.io/) and [OpenProcessing](http://openprocessing.org/). If you are a screen reader user and not using the p5 web editor, you may want to use [Notepad++](https://notepad-plus-plus.org/) or [Eclipse](https://www.eclipse.org/ide/).”

There is also an [online editor for p5](http://alpha.editor.p5js.org/), but it is currently in alpha.  
You could try using the Processing desktop environment, but in p5 mode?

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**Author:** ![Kevin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kevin/32/2297_2.png) [@Kevin](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Kevin)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-find-p5-js-editor/2730/3 "2018-08-17T20:42:29Z")

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Sounds like the instructions are outdated. There was a P5.js editor that you could download, but that is now deprecated and should not be used anymore.

Use one of the options in @TheWizardBear’s answer.

Shameless self-promotion: here is a tutorial that talks about the options for editing P5.js:

> **[P5.js Editors](https://happycoding.io/tutorials/p5js/editors)**
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> Which P5.js editor should I use?

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**Author:** ![stopyunn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@stopyunn](https://discourse.processing.org/u/stopyunn)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-find-p5-js-editor/2730/4 "2018-08-17T20:55:54Z")

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@TheWizardBear@Kevin  
Thank you so much guys! 😃  
I’ll check your link as well xD  
Best regards, stopyunn

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**Author:** ![GoToLoop](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/gotoloop/32/86_2.png) [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-find-p5-js-editor/2730/5 "2018-08-18T00:53:20Z")

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