Maahan, of course the well known editors FrontPage and Dreamweaver should be first in your list. But there are a bunch of free editors about, you should search sites such as google and download.com
I personally never used aside the two I mentioned.
That's a big question, actually! It depends on what you want. Some people like to have WYSIWYG capabilities or other extras to to help code HTML, others like something more bare bones, and still others prefer something that supports a variety of other programming languages.
We have a thread here asking what HTML editor people use:
I like Dreamweaver myself, because it allows me to have full control of the code while making my life easier with WYSIWYG. I like to do all the "hard" stuff myself, but Dreamweaver can do the easy stuff just as well as I can, and much faster!
On Linux I've been using Bluefish, which is a text editor. It doesn't have WYSIWYG, which is a bit annoying when I'm doing a lot of text formatting. I don't tend to do a lot of that at home though. Mostly at work where I have Dreamweaver.
In my opinion - Frontpage is awful. I used it years ago and it put so much extra code in and it did not work that great. I have been using dreamweaver for years and it is great! I also find that using notepad - or something reallly basic comes in really handy!
JeevesBond posted this at 17:57 — 13th April 2007.
Frontpage is a truly awful product, I was really suprised to see a copy of Frontpage in a shop being sold for around £200 once. Since it can't produce code anywhere near a decent standard that price is ridiculous. Also, if you try to write the code yourself it breaks it all in that typical Microsoft: 'I know better than you' way.
I have taken the time to properly learn Vim. It's a difficult editor to learn, but works for everything from HTML to *nix system administration. Have a look at: http://www.webmaster-forums.net/showthread.php?t=36553
When you become good at Vim you will be able to write code at a rate that will seem like it's magically appearing on the screen.
WYSIWYG on GNU/Linux: Quanta and Nvu are the probably the best you're going to get, otherwise for hand coding Bluefish is very good. For Windows, Dreamweaver's almost definately the best.
I've never really strayed from HTML-Kit myself. I guess I'm one of those 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' kinda guys. Most of my friends seem to prefer Dreamweaver althought i'm not a fan myself (although I've never given it a chance to prove itself). I certainly wouldn't touch Frontpage with your ten foot barge pole though
surgematrix posted this at 20:53 — 17th April 2007.
I love Dreamweaver. It is the only HTML editor I have ever used. I will not abadon it for any. There might be some other good ones out there, but I am just used to Dreamweaver.
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Looking for the best, huh? It's really like a comfortable shoe. While it may be perfect for one person's needs and feel great to them, it may not fit someone else at all.
Really, it depends primarily on your experience level and personal preferences. If you're somewhat of a newcomer to the wonderful world of HTML, I would recommend Dreamweaver. Use it's built in tools, but also take a look at the code behind it all when you have a chance.
Once you're more experienced, you may prefer a plain text editor, like those Monkeyboy and JeevesBond mentioned. I would also throw SciTE in as my personal preference when working on Windows machines.
My opinion is that Dreamweaver is just as good for advanced users as it is for beginners. Actually, I would recommend that beginners start with a text editor so they learn to do things by hand. Moving on to a quality WYSIWYG makes more sense when you know how it works. As an advanced user I can let Dreamweaver do the easy stuff so I can focus on the more difficult aspects. It would be a different story if I was doing a lot of programming though - I would agree that DW doesn't make sense for coding PHP or anything like that. Although I do use it for that but that's just because it's convenient for me.
(And I sort of resent the implication that there is something wrong with using DW as an advanced user. Not that Tim was definitely doing that but I hear things about it from others as well. Basically that people who know what they're doing would never use a WYSIWYG. Not true.)
Oh, I forgot to mention - at home I started using Amaya a bit for formatting complex documents. It's great! It is a web browser as well as an HTML editor, developed by the W3C so it's perfectly standards compliant. I believe they use it when developing their content for the web. That means it's got a lot of good tools for complex documents. It's perfect for moving an article over from a word processor. No need to type in paragraph tags by hand It is a little buggy on Linux - make sure you save often if you decide to try it
Megan;218044 wrote: (And I sort of resent the implication that there is something wrong with using DW as an advanced user. Not that Tim was definitely doing that but I hear things about it from others as well. Basically that people who know what they're doing would never use a WYSIWYG. Not true.)
I definitely did not mean to imply that, as I still use Dreamweaver as my primary HTML/CSS tool. I do think, however, that you should continually experiment with different editors to make sure you're not missing out on something that would be a better fit for you personally.
And don't be afraid to try out editors again that you weren't comfortable with in the past. As your level of experience changes, so will your comfort level with certain editors.
Yep, Dreamweaver, then tried BlueVoda, then FP which im not fond of, I bet for WYSIWYG the original Mozilla Composer developed from Netscape Composer outputs better code than FP...
But I prefer Text Coding... html-kit and even the trusty notepad...
You're not targetting me directly with that, are you? (sorry, didn't get home 'till 2 in the morning, am a bit knackered)
I don't necessarily agree with that. If something comes up that sounds interesting then why not try it, but if you're happy with what you're using then why go around searching for something else? Although I suppose there are people using notepad or whatever their first HTML tutorial told them to use and don't realize that there is such a selection available.
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James posted this at 12:50 — 12th April 2007.
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Maahan, of course the well known editors FrontPage and Dreamweaver should be first in your list. But there are a bunch of free editors about, you should search sites such as google and download.com
I personally never used aside the two I mentioned.
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Megan posted this at 12:52 — 12th April 2007.
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That's a big question, actually! It depends on what you want. Some people like to have WYSIWYG capabilities or other extras to to help code HTML, others like something more bare bones, and still others prefer something that supports a variety of other programming languages.
We have a thread here asking what HTML editor people use:
http://www.webmaster-forums.net/showthread.php?t=36365
I like Dreamweaver myself, because it allows me to have full control of the code while making my life easier with WYSIWYG. I like to do all the "hard" stuff myself, but Dreamweaver can do the easy stuff just as well as I can, and much faster!
On Linux I've been using Bluefish, which is a text editor. It doesn't have WYSIWYG, which is a bit annoying when I'm doing a lot of text formatting. I don't tend to do a lot of that at home though. Mostly at work where I have Dreamweaver.
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Brooke posted this at 12:57 — 12th April 2007.
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In my opinion - Frontpage is awful. I used it years ago and it put so much extra code in and it did not work that great. I have been using dreamweaver for years and it is great! I also find that using notepad - or something reallly basic comes in really handy!
JeevesBond posted this at 17:57 — 13th April 2007.
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Frontpage is a truly awful product, I was really suprised to see a copy of Frontpage in a shop being sold for around £200 once. Since it can't produce code anywhere near a decent standard that price is ridiculous. Also, if you try to write the code yourself it breaks it all in that typical Microsoft: 'I know better than you' way.
I have taken the time to properly learn Vim. It's a difficult editor to learn, but works for everything from HTML to *nix system administration. Have a look at: http://www.webmaster-forums.net/showthread.php?t=36553
When you become good at Vim you will be able to write code at a rate that will seem like it's magically appearing on the screen.
WYSIWYG on GNU/Linux: Quanta and Nvu are the probably the best you're going to get, otherwise for hand coding Bluefish is very good. For Windows, Dreamweaver's almost definately the best.
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aka Rohan posted this at 01:42 — 14th April 2007.
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I've never really strayed from HTML-Kit myself. I guess I'm one of those 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' kinda guys. Most of my friends seem to prefer Dreamweaver althought i'm not a fan myself (although I've never given it a chance to prove itself). I certainly wouldn't touch Frontpage with your ten foot barge pole though
surgematrix posted this at 20:53 — 17th April 2007.
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I love Dreamweaver. It is the only HTML editor I have ever used. I will not abadon it for any. There might be some other good ones out there, but I am just used to Dreamweaver.
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kirun posted this at 06:51 — 18th April 2007.
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Dream Weaver is the best editor .. Visual studio is good but not as good and simple as Dream Weaver.
timjpriebe posted this at 12:45 — 18th April 2007.
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Looking for the best, huh? It's really like a comfortable shoe. While it may be perfect for one person's needs and feel great to them, it may not fit someone else at all.
Really, it depends primarily on your experience level and personal preferences. If you're somewhat of a newcomer to the wonderful world of HTML, I would recommend Dreamweaver. Use it's built in tools, but also take a look at the code behind it all when you have a chance.
Once you're more experienced, you may prefer a plain text editor, like those Monkeyboy and JeevesBond mentioned. I would also throw SciTE in as my personal preference when working on Windows machines.
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Megan posted this at 13:02 — 18th April 2007.
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My opinion is that Dreamweaver is just as good for advanced users as it is for beginners. Actually, I would recommend that beginners start with a text editor so they learn to do things by hand. Moving on to a quality WYSIWYG makes more sense when you know how it works. As an advanced user I can let Dreamweaver do the easy stuff so I can focus on the more difficult aspects. It would be a different story if I was doing a lot of programming though - I would agree that DW doesn't make sense for coding PHP or anything like that. Although I do use it for that but that's just because it's convenient for me.
(And I sort of resent the implication that there is something wrong with using DW as an advanced user. Not that Tim was definitely doing that but I hear things about it from others as well. Basically that people who know what they're doing would never use a WYSIWYG. Not true.)
Oh, I forgot to mention - at home I started using Amaya a bit for formatting complex documents. It's great! It is a web browser as well as an HTML editor, developed by the W3C so it's perfectly standards compliant. I believe they use it when developing their content for the web. That means it's got a lot of good tools for complex documents. It's perfect for moving an article over from a word processor. No need to type in paragraph tags by hand
It is a little buggy on Linux - make sure you save often if you decide to try it 
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timjpriebe posted this at 13:02 — 19th April 2007.
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I definitely did not mean to imply that, as I still use Dreamweaver as my primary HTML/CSS tool. I do think, however, that you should continually experiment with different editors to make sure you're not missing out on something that would be a better fit for you personally.
And don't be afraid to try out editors again that you weren't comfortable with in the past. As your level of experience changes, so will your comfort level with certain editors.
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demonhale posted this at 05:57 — 19th April 2007.
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Yep, Dreamweaver, then tried BlueVoda, then FP which im not fond of, I bet for WYSIWYG the original Mozilla Composer developed from Netscape Composer outputs better code than FP...
But I prefer Text Coding... html-kit and even the trusty notepad...
Megan posted this at 13:07 — 19th April 2007.
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You're not targetting me directly with that, are you? (sorry, didn't get home 'till 2 in the morning, am a bit knackered)
I don't necessarily agree with that. If something comes up that sounds interesting then why not try it, but if you're happy with what you're using then why go around searching for something else? Although I suppose there are people using notepad or whatever their first HTML tutorial told them to use and don't realize that there is such a selection available.
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