What HTML/Web Editor Do You Use?

[joey]

Personally, I use TopStyle Pro ($80 - but the support/quality is unmatched).




* Some other good (free) editors:

HTML Kit - http://www.chami.com/html-kit/

AceHTML Free Version - http://freeware.acehtml.com/

[ByteWizard]

I use AceHTML.You can incorporate Top Style right into the HTML editor.

[HZR]

Notepad owns :)

[Zero Angel]

All I need is a template, syntax highlighting, one touch previewing and global find/replace and i'm good.

Arachnophilia 4.0 is the program for me.


You can get it at: http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/index_old.html

A newer version (5.0) is available for any platform that supports Java 2. Unfortunately ver5 is slow, bloated and difficult to customize, it also requires win98 users to download and install the latest version of Java.
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EDIT: For those of us that still use Arachnophilia 4.0, you might consider looking into this topic (http://developers.evrsoft.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=841) for my modified template.

[cbkihong]

AnyEdit or gvim.

I seem to have kept the non-Java version of Arachnophilia. I liked it more.

[-TheDarkEye-]

Originally posted by dbindel
That is my one complaint about Java-based programs: they run so slowly. The reason is that Java is an interpretted language, even after it's compiled.

its slow because its run on a virtual machine (the jvm). the interpretation you speak of only checks to see if the application is safe to run. of course, this only needs to be done once, while loading the application/object/whatever.

that said, the slowness of java varries largely depending on what you are doing.

anyway, doesnt anyone here like to use firstpage for html? :p

[-TheDarkEye-]

so instead you use notepad? :rolleyes:

[joey]

For all you die-hard Notepad users out there, have you ever tried EditPlus (http://www.editplus.com) ?

(the best text-editor around IMHO)

http://www.editplus.com

[BoR|S]

Originally posted by joey
For all you die-hard Notepad users out there, have you ever tried EditPlus (http://www.editplus.com) ?

(the best text-editor around IMHO)

http://www.editplus.com

Yea... but:

EditPlus Version 2

1-user license: $30
5-user license: $125 ($25 each)
10-user license: $200 ($20 each)
20-user license: $360 ($18 each)
30-user license: $450 ($15 each)
50-user license: $600 ($12 each)
100-user license: $800 ( $8 each)

while notepad is free...

[joey]

Yea... but:

EditPlus Version 2

1-user license: $30

Good quality software doesn't write itself. :)

Besides, if you are doing (or planning to do) any sort of web/software development as a means of earning money, or even as a serious hobbyist, you will always recover the price paid for a good piece of software in the many hours of work it saves you.

In other words: work smarter, not harder. :D

[BoR|S]

But also best software is free software...

And second thought, I'm considering this investment... :cool:

[-TheDarkEye-]

Originally posted by dbindel
Yes.

well its nice to know im not the only one here who is on drugs.

[cuboo]

I found this web site development environment for Linux, it's name is screem and you can get it at http://www.screem.org/

I haven't used it right now, cos i'm on windows, but it looks really cool and i like some of the features. Have you used this software??


Now i'm using 1st page, i've got projects with lots of files and i need tools like a project manajer. I also use araneae, you can download it at http://www.araneae.com/

[cbkihong]

I haven't used this program either although I'm on Linux.

To me, a text editor with syntax highlighting is all that I need. There are other good HTML editors on Linux out there, like Quanta Plus that I have quite enjoyed.

I find the use of HTML editors on Linux is not as common as we do on Windows because most users who use *nix for >90% of the time and have some years of experience are more inclined to use their favourite general-purpose text editors very often and, instead of having to fire up another editor to edit HTML files, they simply learn to write raw HTML and use the same editor for all kinds of text files. A text editor is not absolutely essential on a Windows system, but a must on *nix.

Perhaps I will try screem when I have more time to spend later and see if it is as nice as advertised. Thanks for your information anyway.

[Swordfish]

I use XHTML Kit, now I know xhtml and css completely (well, bit sketchy on CSS, but i'm past beginner).

Its excellent, and supports a load of file types.

[SteveCline]

Originally posted by Swordfish
I use XHTML Kit, now I know xhtml and css completely (well, bit sketchy on CSS, but i'm past beginner).

Its excellent, and supports a load of file types.

Where do you get XHTML Kit? Is it just a variant of HTML Kit?

[DCElliott]

At the risk of repeating myself, I once again recommend Notetab as a replacement editor. The basic version is free. Do a search of this site, keyword "notetab" to turn up numerous references. Its superiority over any other editor is that it is programmable. It can create/update a page and FTP it all at the click of a button. It integrates with a number of tools: PERL, HTMLTidy, TopStyle, FTP and can accept standard input and output which means it can integrate with a number of other Windows programs interactively.

Lite 0$
Standard 9$US (adds spellcheck/thesaurus)
Professional 19$US (syntax highlighting, practically unlimited file size, and faster in global operations)

[SteveCline]

Available from http://www.notetab.com. I use it in conjunction with WinCVS (http://www.wincvs.org) for version control

[Zero Angel]

3 words "No Syntax Highlighting" - If it wasnt for that, NoteTab would be a great product. Poor college students such as myself are credit card less, so we cant buy the advanced version either. :(

[Swordfish]

Originally posted by SteveCline


Where do you get XHTML Kit? Is it just a variant of HTML Kit?

http://www.chami.com/
I don't know, some call it HTML kit, other XHTML, but its great either way!

[dreuby]

Originally posted by Zero Angel
3 words "No Syntax Highlighting" - If it wasnt for that, NoteTab would be a great product.

Eric's working on that ... can't remember if it will be in Light or just in paid versions.

[DCElliott]

He means Eric Fookes, the developer of NoteTab. Currently syntax-highlighting is only available in the Pro version and only for HTML. The new version should have extensible (other comp. languages) highlighting but I don't know if there are plans to move the highlighting feature to the standard or lite versions.