My favorite code editor is notepad++. It’s lightweight, sleek and has very good options to code PHP, JS, HTML. The default installation comes with a white background as most others do. But let me show how my code window looks.

I feel more comfortable reading these colored texts on a black and it helps me work more. And actually the radiation from a black screen is obviously less from a white screen. So in the long run, it’s helpful for our eyes.

How to do it  in Windows ?

Download Notepad++ if you don’t have it from http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

On that page find a section called "Style files" and you’ll see two styles there which are

Ruby Blue (Screenshot) : by tomsolo
Vibrant Ink (Screenshot) : by Tyler Ritchie

• Download any of them and save the zip file somewhere (possibly  on your desktop).
• Now unzipping that archive will let you find a file called stylers.xml. Copy this file (CTRL+C).
• Now type %appdata% in your run panel in start menu. Your application data directory will show up.
• And now find the folder called notepad++ and paste that xml file which you have just copied.
• Restart notepad++ and there you go!!

For further customization in colors and fonts you can always change it from "settings->Styler Configurator" and select your language from there (I changed only php and javascript).