HTML Editing Software?

[Froderik]

I'm looking for some good HTML editing software, preferably freeware.

I've been recommended packages such as CoffeeCup and DreamWeaver before, but they're not free as far as I know. Demo versions would be ok as long as there's a way to crack it so I could use it past the 30 day limit.

Until now I've relied on simple text editors (Notepad) to make web pages. Although this was certainly not the easiest or most sophisticated approach to designing a web page, it did have the positive side-effect of forcing me to learn how to use HTML tags.

On a side note, I'd much rather go about making web pages "the hard way" than use some inferior crap like MS-Word to edit web pages. That's just bullshit and seems like a useless pain in the ass.

So anyway, what's a good HTML editor???

[TechJockey]

I use vi, and I've actually made a living with it. :-) http://www.bostic.com/vi/

I think you're going down the right road using plain text editors. It's a lot more tedious to learn, initially. But it gives you more flexibility, and you wind up with code that's much cleaner, and easier to modify in the long run.

[TechJockey]

Having said that, this looks interesting http://www.nvu.com/

[Froderik]

I think you're going down the right road using plain text editors. It's a lot more tedious to learn, initially. But it gives you more flexibility, and you wind up with code that's much cleaner, and easier to modify in the long run.

Yep. I've learned a little about how the code works, too...

[Froderik]

Having said that, this looks interesting http://www.nvu.com/

I'm glad you posted this one since it looks like a really good editor & it runs on Windows (the 1st one appartently doesn't)

Thanks! :tup:

[TechJockey]

The first one I posted, vi, is just a standard unix text editor. And I don't even know if that link was up to date. But it can run on windows, you just have to install Cygwin, which is a unix environment for windows.

But nvu looked interesting, since it's open source. I never tried it though. Actually haven't really used an html editor since I started out years ago using the Netscape Composer. That got old real quick.

[Anonymous]

:roll: Let the dickwaving begin

[TechJockey]

:roll: Let the dickwaving begin

See, we purposely make UNIX incredibly hard to learn, so only those who are "worthy" will ever have a chance at tapping into its power. Then, we can pat ourselves on the back, flaunt our knowledge, and laugh together, as we watch all you "mere mortals" struggle to point and click, while we have absolute control over the world's information systems. It's all part of The Plan for global domination by our elite society.

[Antigen]

Hawt.... LOL

[Anonymous]

:rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:

[Anonymous]

VI is great.   On window systems,  I use ultraEdit [costs $35].

UltraEdit can color code like vi, plays well with PHP and PERL.

Tidy is intergrated, and has good project mgmt tools for class and functions. UltraEdit  has FTP piece too.

[Anonymous]

Having said that, this looks interesting http://www.nvu.com/

I'm glad you posted this one since it looks like a really good editor & it runs on Windows (the 1st one appartently doesn't)

Thanks! :tup:

YES !

[Anonymous]

:roll: Let the dickwaving begin

See, we purposely make UNIX incredibly hard to learn, so only those who are "worthy" will ever have a chance at tapping into its power. Then, we can pat ourselves on the back, flaunt our knowledge, and laugh together, as we watch all you "mere mortals" struggle to point and click, while we have absolute control over the world's information systems. It's all part of The Plan for global domination by our elite society.

Hah. I think some of you actually do believe the 'we' part of this.

There is a good argument for notepad, but then there's a good argument for dreamweaver too, as the notepad weenies tend not to go much further than a few tables.

They do tend to think they're super-l33t though. Funny.

[TechJockey]

Hah. I think some of you actually do believe the 'we' part of this.

There is a good argument for notepad, but then there's a good argument for dreamweaver too, as the notepad weenies tend not to go much further than a few tables.

They do tend to think they're super-l33t though. Funny.

Personally, I think it's mostly about preference. Kind of a Ford/Chevy arguement, for the most part.

And it has a lot to do with the application of what you're doing. It would be overkill to set up an OpenBSD box and learn to use vi if you're just going to serve basic, static HTML pages. Just like it would be silly to try to run a database with millions of records, and handle hundreds of simultaneous connections using WinXP.

vi is nice if you routinely edit files that contain thousands of lines of code. If you don't, why spend the time learning it? I like some of the features like global search and replace, etc. It can be a real time saver.

I assume HTML editors have come a long way since I messed around with Netscape Composer. It was just real frustrating to me, because nothing would lay out like I wanted, and the images would jump to the wrong side of the page, and things like that. Then, when I tried to edit the code that it generated, it was just a jumbled mess, and I had to start over from scratch.

[Antigen]

Check out UltraEdit