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I am a web developer, so I get the HTML from the designers and add all the interaction and dynamic content with PHP. For editing PHP there is no better alternative but also for editing HTML there NetBeans IDE is a great editor. It has a lot of great features for example it tells me when there are broken tags (tags with no matching closing tag), it alerts me of broken JavaScript object syntax, when I write class=" it shows me a list of all classes defined in the linked CSSs and it does something that I haven't found in any other editor so far. It show me the functions on jQuery and jQuery plug-ins. For example if I write $("#address"). it show me the full list of jQuery methods (including plug-ins functions like jqGrid) pretty nice huh?.
Expressions web is my favorite because of the way it handles images. I can place, crop, scale images and upload the image without photoshop.
I recently found about Microsoft WebMatrix. It's free and works perfectly for my needs.
I also like MS Expressions, but Expressions Web 4 is really buggy with lots of random crashes. Also, sometimes the Publishing feature stops working and logging back in to the FTP is useless. Overall, the features outweigh the buggy nature and I am holding out for a service pack that fixes these.
I haven't had any issues with Exp. Web 4, and they did recently release an SP, which may help you.
J.Ja
J.Ja
HTML-KIt v2.92 free, is better than the tools upgrade, which is too pricey. The free version has lots of built in features and 400+ plugins available. Also, I found another free editor similar to HTML-Kit, called Trellian Code Pad. It isn't quite as hefty as HTML-Kit, but is still a great free editor. and last, a free editor that is suppose to work similar to Dreamweaver and meet standards compliance, is KompoZer 0.7.10. Please check them out and see if you agree. Thanks.
I have been using HTML-KIt v2.92 for three forevers now (I actually paid for it I liked it so much) and I bought HTML-KIt Tools also though it doesn't get much use. Another editor that I use a lot is PSPad. Written in Europe, it is more language and character set aware than HTML-Kit. And on Linux, I use Bluefish for HTML and PHP.
Not so much Aptana but Eclipse in general ROXX! But I find myself using DW more and more as more of my logic moves from server to client side. DW 5.5 and Aptana are the best JS editors I have seen to date. DW's Live code view is Amazing.
i've been using Arachnophilia since the late '90s. the OLD version:
http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/index_old.html
in 12+years i've only run into one person who'd heard of it before i told them about it, and i suspect HE was humoring me. It's been updated to a Java version. tried that. went back. i AM old enough to be one of those cranky old guys who code in Notepad... or vi... this is a step or two above that. it colors tags, and "beautifies" the code. if i have a problem with a file of ANY kind, this will open it. may not be able to fix anything, but i can open it and look around.
I've taught HTML several times, along with Java, C#, VB... used jGrasp, Visual Studio (from version 6 thru 2008) and have installed and tried about every free editor i was able to find. most all have pluses but if i need to do commando coding, this'll "git 'er done" faster than anything i've used. no fuss, no muss, no waste.
and if you've never read the author's "Careware" concept http://www.arachnoid.com/careware/, i'd recommend it. strongly. then DO IT. and use whatever editor lets YOU get your job done.
http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/index_old.html
in 12+years i've only run into one person who'd heard of it before i told them about it, and i suspect HE was humoring me. It's been updated to a Java version. tried that. went back. i AM old enough to be one of those cranky old guys who code in Notepad... or vi... this is a step or two above that. it colors tags, and "beautifies" the code. if i have a problem with a file of ANY kind, this will open it. may not be able to fix anything, but i can open it and look around.
I've taught HTML several times, along with Java, C#, VB... used jGrasp, Visual Studio (from version 6 thru 2008) and have installed and tried about every free editor i was able to find. most all have pluses but if i need to do commando coding, this'll "git 'er done" faster than anything i've used. no fuss, no muss, no waste.
and if you've never read the author's "Careware" concept http://www.arachnoid.com/careware/, i'd recommend it. strongly. then DO IT. and use whatever editor lets YOU get your job done.
I tried it once for some special features that HTML-Kit wouldn't do but we didn't get along. That may have been the same day you got it 12 years ago...
That was one of the first HTML editors I used, back in the late 90's. I remember it being good, but liking HomeSite much better.
J.Ja
J.Ja
I have Dreamweaver but never use it.
I have Coffee Cup's HTML editor, but never use it (but use several of their other products).
I use Microsoft Expression Web extensively -- an excellent resource which now works 100% of the time (example web at DNArefutesBI.com).
However, I do use and have used Xara to generate websites (a current one is ChurchCorporate.com). Their Xara Web Designer 7 Premium has excellent potential if you don't mind letting Xara do everything for you. It uses JavaScript rather heavily and at the moment only supports fixed web page widths.
The premier web generator product of choice is Artisteer 3. You can design the website from the ground up, selecting nearly every format you want for everything from the header to the footer in fixed or fluid pages with automatic navigation with either horizontal or vertical navigation. Moreover, it supports HTML, Wordpress, Drupal, Blogger, DotNetNuke, Joomla, CodeCharge or aspx.net export formats. The aspx.net is really slick and can easily generate most of the aspx.net code and templates you need to build an extensive website -- especially handy if you continue the development in Microsoft Studio 2010 with C# (take care to maintain the integrity of the .css and .jss files it generates).
Website layout maker is... interesting. You might try it out if you are at a loss for designing websites, in the absence of Artisteer 3.
I have Coffee Cup's HTML editor, but never use it (but use several of their other products).
I use Microsoft Expression Web extensively -- an excellent resource which now works 100% of the time (example web at DNArefutesBI.com).
However, I do use and have used Xara to generate websites (a current one is ChurchCorporate.com). Their Xara Web Designer 7 Premium has excellent potential if you don't mind letting Xara do everything for you. It uses JavaScript rather heavily and at the moment only supports fixed web page widths.
The premier web generator product of choice is Artisteer 3. You can design the website from the ground up, selecting nearly every format you want for everything from the header to the footer in fixed or fluid pages with automatic navigation with either horizontal or vertical navigation. Moreover, it supports HTML, Wordpress, Drupal, Blogger, DotNetNuke, Joomla, CodeCharge or aspx.net export formats. The aspx.net is really slick and can easily generate most of the aspx.net code and templates you need to build an extensive website -- especially handy if you continue the development in Microsoft Studio 2010 with C# (take care to maintain the integrity of the .css and .jss files it generates).
Website layout maker is... interesting. You might try it out if you are at a loss for designing websites, in the absence of Artisteer 3.
I'd definitely recommend against this one. In using it I got the sense that the code has not been rewritten since it's original creation. I might be wrong but it performs poorly in such a way I have to wonder and it matters little as to where the problem originates from.
I also have NuSphere PhpED, which is not just good for .php development (which I use for some websites), but is great for testing, since it acts as a web host environment so you can see the results of .html and .php with active testing (it supports access to sqlite, for example). It has extensive debugging capabilities and uses automatic completion of statements. It seems as good and as cheap as Zend.
It is a tremendous product for a fairly reasonable price.
It is a tremendous product for a fairly reasonable price.
Lots of web work here with basic tools I notice.
I am hand coding (fun) all of a client side JS project. Any editor will do that at least collapses bracing and tags and also has robust search and replace (i.e. with regex?) .
I was sort of cheating by having Visual Studio open for find results, That also seems an essential feature.
Much of my work is really being done in the browser debugger instead which invariably points directly to a line thus making the editor no longer the most important tool where features are concerned.
You gotta love intellisense technology though.
I am hand coding (fun) all of a client side JS project. Any editor will do that at least collapses bracing and tags and also has robust search and replace (i.e. with regex?) .
I was sort of cheating by having Visual Studio open for find results, That also seems an essential feature.
Much of my work is really being done in the browser debugger instead which invariably points directly to a line thus making the editor no longer the most important tool where features are concerned.
You gotta love intellisense technology though.
I have uses KompoZer for years (the old NVU) and found it easy to use to set up your first basic website
It can be very difficult to resolve the need to be productive and use tools with the issue of getting tied into 3rd party vendor solutions and all that implies.
In my own case that might mean accepting the primary development platform (say MS VS for C#,) but being reluctant to go beyond that despite there being some good tools out there.
However, a few criteria include:
1) Does this tool break with industry standards (say Flash?)
2) Does the tool have a large enough user base that the vendor won't constantly be soaking me to pay for development?
3) How difficult would it be to switch to this tool?
4) How difficult would it be to switch to other environments later if I change my mind?
5) Is the tool a good value (or will a single project pay for it?)
6) How well does it work in combination with other tools?
I am sure others could add to this list.
So, on the one hand, an editor is not an IDE; on the other it might be the only tool you use. I have to ask how tools like ColdFusion, Dreamweaver and Microsoft's offerings compare to open source solutions like NetBeans where you by definition you are getting much more than you paid for. Regards, Dave Horsman
In my own case that might mean accepting the primary development platform (say MS VS for C#,) but being reluctant to go beyond that despite there being some good tools out there.
However, a few criteria include:
1) Does this tool break with industry standards (say Flash?)
2) Does the tool have a large enough user base that the vendor won't constantly be soaking me to pay for development?
3) How difficult would it be to switch to this tool?
4) How difficult would it be to switch to other environments later if I change my mind?
5) Is the tool a good value (or will a single project pay for it?)
6) How well does it work in combination with other tools?
I am sure others could add to this list.
So, on the one hand, an editor is not an IDE; on the other it might be the only tool you use. I have to ask how tools like ColdFusion, Dreamweaver and Microsoft's offerings compare to open source solutions like NetBeans where you by definition you are getting much more than you paid for. Regards, Dave Horsman
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