What HTML Editor do you use?

I've been checking out Coda as well. It is really nice. I'd use it if I wasn't using Linux for most of my coding now.

I used to use Frontpage 2002.
But since I was told about the terrible coding, I tried to stick up for FP... I basically made myself look a fool. Dreamweaver beats FP on every aspect, and even on Simplicity if you get to know the app. It may look intimidating on first sight, but believe me, I thought it was when I first started. after a week into using it, I relized that I had been using a piece of sh"t called FP for too long (3 days) then moved onto dreamweaver, I used this for a few years, then decided to ditch all programs, and try my own skills. I made a whole website is Notepad, using the file types: PHP, CSS, JS, HTM, and CGI.
After using notepad for a while, I decided to move back to dreamweaver, it truly is a dream.
I Vote for Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 anytime anyplace you choose.
Unbeatable. Dont care what anyone says.

I use text-based HTML editor like notepad.

HTML-Kit, as it has tons of plugins to work with php/xhtml/css/xml and other languages. Plus, it has a lot of plugins for harder issues to resolve, like accessibility. It does all what the $$$ editors can do without a dime spent (including advanced FTP; workspace saving; snippets; auto-scripts; auto templating, etc).

I have been for the last 10 years a hardcore user of Homesite. Since it has been owned by Allaire, Macromedia to now Adobe. I am starting to get into Dreamweaver since they all are now under the Adobe umbrella.

I've used alot of different programs and am certified in dreamweaver so thats what I use mostly. You can say all you want about wysiwyg editors but if you know what your doing they are by far the best option. notepad leaves room for human error and in a digital age there is no room for that anymore. :flame: notepad

I would like to ask which is the best for web based apllications?

I've been using BBEdit for a number of years now and I don't know how I ever managed without it.

Random ones, I use whatever i can open the fastest

I use notepad and err frontpage. I tried using dreamweaver but i didn't work for me.

I'm on a MacBook Pro - use Dreamweaver in code view because I like the code suggestions/help it offers. Have been known to fire up BBEdit which I think is an awesome text editor.

In Windows Vista mode, I like EditPlus2.

Dreamweave,the best I like.
It has a WYSIWYG editor and can work with perfect with many language code.
And I like the funtion it deal with css.
sometimes,I used it to code some php or asp.
It also work well.
I think I will use it anytime,anyway,anywhere

html-kit. It is teaching me to code. Love it

I love Notepad++. It has tabs, syntax highlighting for PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Java, XML (and others) and it's simple, clean and free. I hate WYSIWYG editors because they're so bulky and intrusive and you feel farther away from the code/markup.

I just use Notepad for small changes. When i work on ASP.NET I pretty much have to use Visual Web Developer - Express Edition which is more a application building environment than an editor.

I am very aware of the time wasted with text editors. They are far too labor intensive. Most of my sites are built from templates or by reworking existing pages.

Suprised, I thought that NetObject Fusion is better known than that. It is a WYSIWYG editor, though VERY powerful. I also use Notepad++, a reved up code editor.

I used to use Crimson Editor as it was free and had many useful features. But I later opted to using PSPad which is more portable than Crimson Editor and so I could run it on any Windows computer without the need for registry keys or other administrative rights such as at college.

I also noticed it had many useful features for programmers and for HTML, it has has feature for transforming tags from uppercase to lowercase and for compacting code.

On Unix-like operating systems I found Bluefish excellent.

I use an excellent editor called PSPad Editor. It's light, modular and supports custom syntax highlighting. It has built in syntax support for XHTML/XML/CSS/Javascript/PHP/ASP/C++ and many more. PSPad also has code clips (like snippets? in DW) and auto-complete as well as several other features.

I started out web design with FP 2000 (those were the days) but funnily enough I didn't use tables (or CSS for that matter). I never really like the WYSIWYG editor (or any other for that matter), the code is more descriptive and with a memory like mine it's easy to code what you see in your head (I say code, but I really mean markup). Swiftly I moved to Dreamweaver trial and found it too heavy. By this point I knew the basics of HTML/CSS. I stuck with DW for the 30 days then left it for PSPad and stuck with it.

Depending on your 'learning skill' (as in are you a kinaesthetic, visual, visio-spacial, auditory, etc learner) would affect your suited program to use. People with weaker textual or logical abilities would be better with the WYSIWYG editors.

For intending or existing php developers, I suggest taking a look at the personal edition of PHP Designer 2007. I tried it out and it was very good, holding all the classes and functions and listing variables, the page refresh system (to update the listing) annoyed me. Alternatively, if you wish to splash out (or warez) try out the Zend Studio (you should expect it to be the best, afterall Zend are the engine behind PHP).

FrankR wrote: I use VIM. It's the best.

Ah, another Vim user! It truly is the best, have you and your business partner had many arguments about which is better?

Abhishek is an Emacs user, I do try to bait him into arguing but he never bites.

I use VIM. It's the best. My business partner uses Emacs.

I've been using HomeSite since version 2.5. It does a lot of little things like adding common attributes to tags, but doesn't bloat the code. I've tried Dreamweaver, but I'm not very fond of it.

i say: dreamweaver is the best!

I use dreamweaver but recently it keeps struggling to load, it freezes on the "loading cache" initilization (cant spell)

Has anyone else had this problem? i have tried reinstalling, (clearing registry etc)

Notepad

None, especially dreamweave it adds loads of pointless code to your application and sometimes when you have made some layout cahnges, it looks different in the browser than in dreamweaver. I use notepad or textpad only unless someone can advise something better?

PROGRAMMING TEXT EDITOR:

Windows:
- Crimson Editor (then)
- Notepad++ (now)

Mac:
- Textmate

HTML EDITOR:
- FrontPage (then)
- Visual Studio (now)

*disclaimer: I work for a Microsoft shop now... so I kinda have to ..

Ah I get it now, it's as a percentage of the voters, not the votes. As it's multiple choice, chances are there will be more 'choices' then users. Makes sense really. That's the difference between morning me, and afternoon me... about 50 IQ points

yeah, it is reading 18 votes total. Dunno what's up with that. Will have to check around in the vBulletin forums.

Html-Kit works for me so i've always stuck with that.

Aren't those stats a bit off? It looks the script is using a total of 18 votes instead of the correct 23 i.e. that 50% should be more like 39.13% (at time of writing)? I'm pretty sure i'm not being stupid but then it is early in the day:confused:

Quote: At home I use Dreamweaver. I love the file manager thing it has, it does FTP, and keeps everything synchronized on my computer and server. I use the split view most of the time. I use the code area most often, but I like seeing what the code does to the layout.

This, almost exactly. I think Dreamweaver is so useful because of the organization of the files in your site. I also learned CSS thanks to it.

Vim all the way here. To sum Vim up:

David Rayner wrote: 15 Years of Vi + 3 years of Vim and still learning.

(from http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips.html )
It's not easy to learn, but once you do it's possible to write code at a rate that makes you look like a magician. Don't worry Matt, you're not missing anything by not being allowed to use Emacs. You're lecturer probably just knows a real editor when he sees one.

Think I've seen this problem, and it's when the editor opens the directory like it's a standard file. I have no idea how directories are stored on disk (or even how hierarchical file systems work at all) though, so don't take my word for it.

Dreamweaver - LOVE IT although I don't get to use the WYSIWYG portion too much because I concentrate mostly on PHP output. It is a very nice albiet very expensive code highlighter lol

MS Visual Studio 2005 - for all that beloved .NET stuff

PHPedit - a very nice program that is coming along nicely. I have been using it for about a year and a half and have seen it mature into a pretty robust editor