Best HTML Editor and why?

[4Pics]

What's your favorite html editor and why?

[psyko514]

notepad, because you control it.

[UnseenWorld]

Coffee Cup. Try the free download trial version and you'll understand why.

[SpaceAce]

Arachnophilia because it's simple, useful and free. I like the old EXE version better than the new JAVA version, though.

SpaceAce

[Pappa]

Homesite 5. Because it just is the best

[Bobby Fissure]

Cool Page because I can make decent websites despite my dismal HTML skills. CuteHTML is great for batch editing and basic tasks.

[4Pics]

Some nobody things Dreamweaver is the best?

[TheFLY]

EditPlus

because it allows me to edit HTML and CGI direct on the server... I can do "open remote", "save as remote"... it keeps all my server passwords saved so I never have to FTP textfiles! No more FTP server timeouts Also it does color coding of Perl, PHP and HTML... it's a dream come true... Best of all it's free and only asks for money at startup... I should probably register it one of these days --

my most valuable tools

EditPlus
Opera
WSFTP
Putty
Trillian

[MrPopup]

Originally posted by Pappa
Homesite 5. Because it just is the best

cha ching.

[bilzbub]

actually as a visual editor dreamweaver i like alot ..
and the code side of dreamweaver is not that bad, but i've been using another program called araneae and its perty nice for hand coding

[4Pics]

Editplus sounds good...

I used to use homesite 4 but never bothered getting 5.

[ThaiChix]

UltraEdit-32 Without a doubt !!

Cheers

ChrisL

[Kat - Fast]

CSE HTML Validator Lite 2.5 (free and good ~ if you can find it)
I use CSE 4 now and am really pleased with it (and glad I never paid for it a while back as it is free on magazine covermount now)

These are worth checking out

Opera
Tillian
Flash FXP
Infranview

[richard123]

Editplus. It has it all, including excellent colour coding, macros..... everything

[Sassyass]

Buy a book on HTML and learn it. Then any editor is as good as another.

[nofx]

I used to use Frontpage for everything and I just switched to Dreamweaver a couple days ago, and I like it better already.

[Karbo]

HTML-Kit... maybe it's not the best, but i used to work in it...

[netstarz]

Buy a book on HTML and learn it. Then any editor is as good as another.

That is probably the best advice I have ever heard on the subject. I use Dreamweaver MX but still find my self using notepad when things don't work correctly. Arachnophilia is cool too.

[natkejs]

Been using notepad from scratch, well editpad mainly ... it can open multiple files that's the difference.

WinEdit or something like that is supposed to be a good proggy, it's just as notepad but with multifile support and stuff like that. The important thing is it won't do any html for you and f*ck up the codes.

[Kapitan Ivanov]

Most the important thing in HTML editor is for colour coding, indentation, ability to work with mulitple open files, good priview in your installed browsers. All that is needed.

So the winner is Arachnophilia, old version is very good.

It really is HTML editor, not some program that write HTML from when you 'insert>image'

[yall]

anyedit from anyedit.org, by far the best

[funkmaster]

Originally posted by SpaceAce
Arachnophilia because it's simple, useful and free. I like the old EXE version better than the new JAVA version, though.

SpaceAce

... same here, call me an oldtimer ... haha !!

[JayJay]

CuteHTML because I use it

[KRL]

Dreamweaver MX, CoffeeCup, 1st Page, NoteTab Pro

[Sassyass]

I tried out a copy of Dreamweaver MX and ended up buying it. It make database driven dynamic content easy.

But one again, BUY A BOOK ON ASP, ACCESS/SQL, JSP, PHP, or what ever language/database you're going to be using and learn it. There is not substitute for knowing how to do what your editor is doing for you.

[xenigo]

Dreamweaver MX is pretty bad ass... hey, speaking of editors, anyone remember HotDog?

[MattO]

I like CFStudio. Dammit

[sexyclicks]

notepad because it loads in one sec

[foe]

Originally posted by TheFLY
EditPlus

because it allows me to edit HTML and CGI direct on the server... I can do "open remote", "save as remote"... it keeps all my server passwords saved so I never have to FTP textfiles! No more FTP server timeouts Also it does color coding of Perl, PHP and HTML... it's a dream come true... Best of all it's free and only asks for money at startup... I should probably register it one of these days --

my most valuable tools

EditPlus
Opera
WSFTP
Putty
Trillian

may have to dl now

[foe]

I dont know where I would be today without putty

[C_U_Next_Tuesday]

i started out with coffee cup..then went to dream weaver..now i use adobe go live.. i like them all, but use adobe only..less confusing for me.

[Giorgio_Xo]

Dreamweaver MX (or notepad quick analysis).

[MCsteve-matrix]

Originally posted by Pappa
Homesite 5. Because it just is the best

[plastix]

Dreamwaver is the most powerful tool

[69pornlinks]

Originally posted by psyko514
notepad, because you control it.

i also use NoteTab Lite when i need to find/replace,i have DW don't use it though

[Sassyass]

Originally posted by xenigo
Dreamweaver MX is pretty bad ass... hey, speaking of editors, anyone remember HotDog?

and Hot Metal pro

thats old stuff there.

[bilzbub]

Originally posted by Sassyass
I tried out a copy of Dreamweaver MX and ended up buying it. It make database driven dynamic content easy.

But one again, BUY A BOOK ON ASP, ACCESS/SQL, JSP, PHP, or what ever language/database you're going to be using and learn it. There is not substitute for knowing how to do what your editor is doing for you.

any suggestions? Im trying to grasp this whole Sql & PHP thang and its escaping me .. i dont know where to start .. i would like to set up a vbulletin page and a nice chat room .. all php based of course .. i have everything i need pretty much but i just cant seem to get the ball rolling ??

HELP!

[mule]

Originally posted by xenigo
Dreamweaver MX is pretty bad ass... hey, speaking of editors, anyone remember HotDog?

LOL, yeah
It drove me nuts, it barked like Spacedog's website.
I used notepad and then winedit for years, recently bought Dreamweaver and it rocks. As has been said though, knowing html is a definite plus, I've seen newbies doing really fucked-up designs with Dreamweaver.

[dig420]

Homesite - Dreamweaver can be integrated with it

[Why]

for most jobs i use UltraEdit32, for others i use dreamweaver. used to use frontpage. but all the WYSIWYG editors they all add in all kinds of crazy fucked up code. like the retarded <p> tag. it puts it in everywhere, just like frontpage does. anyone still using that tag should be slapped. with a big rubber dildo.

[cluck]

Dreamweaver 4 Lyfe. Well of course I used to use Hot Dog back in the day

[billybofh]

Vim or Emacs. Nice and clean, no fuss - just you and your code

[Yo Adrian]

Originally posted by Pappa
Homesite 5. Because it just is the best

I second that, I live in Homesite.

[SpaceAce]

Originally posted by funkmaster


... same here, call me an oldtimer ... haha !!

Heh, I see there are a couple of us, still The JAVA version is good (I use it on my Linux box), but I miss the way the old .EXE version handled find/replace. At least the JAVA version can handle regexes for find/replace.

I saw some people say EditPlus. I give that program two thumbs up If you operate in a Windows environment, EditPlus is one of the best editors you will ever find, but I don't like it for HTML.

If you want another super-good editing program, check out JEdit; it does pretty much everything EditPlus does, it is cross-platform and it has an awesome plugin architecture that gives you access to everything from compilers to a built-in telnet program. JEdit is the #1 overall editor, in my opinion, with EditPlus coming in second and Arachnophilia still #1 for HTML. Check them all out

SpaceAce

[jovigirl]

I use dreamweaver but it has a bug.
Some times when you cut and paste large html code it gets messed up and adds a lot of ?????????????????? inbetween.
The combination with Fireworks is great

[Ketadream]

Dreamweaver, Homesite, Uedit32 depending on what I need.

[Tipsy]

DW for speed with notepad to edit code. Why the hell DW has never put in a good text editor is beyond me. Personal opinion is current mx text editor is worse than dw4.

[jpoker]

emacs is my choice. It has a steep learning curve, but once you've mastered it, you'll never need to move your hand from the keyboard to reach for the mouse.

- johnny

[Sassyass]

Originally posted by bilzbub


any suggestions? Im trying to grasp this whole Sql & PHP thang and its escaping me .. i dont know where to start .. i would like to set up a vbulletin page and a nice chat room .. all php based of course .. i have everything i need pretty much but i just cant seem to get the ball rolling ??

HELP!

I am not familiar with PHP. I have seen quite a few books on it at the local book store.
I started working on computers when I was 9 I am 33 now. I learned all of my languages by BBS's and sharing code to see how it worked.
It's real easyto learn a language now. Just buy the book. Go to your local PHP script board and down load some tutorials and start learning.

[JimW]

Dreamweaver MX is very nice..