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Free Web Editor?
I'm only doing simple HTML and CSS so notepad is just dandy for my needs, but I spoiled myself with the organization and coloring of Dreamweaver :<
Does anybody know anything nice and neat like that for freeeeee and not a bulltrout freeeeee trial?
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If you don't need the preview and WYSIWYG editing of DreamWeaver (I prefer not to use that, because it messes up my code), try Sublime Text or Notepad++. I currently use a combination because both have some things the other does not.
Both have:
- Syntax colouring (with plenty of different colour schemes to choose from)
- File tabs
- Advanced find/replace
- Tons of little viewing/editing features, too many to list
- Macros
- Auto-completion of tag names and whatnot
Notepad++ has:
- A nice list of plugins! Some of my favourites are:
- Zen coding (this'll make your HTML coding a breeze - it may be enough to make you want to choose N++ if you mostly code HTML)
- NppFTP - edit files directly from the server; when you save they upload automatically
- Light Explorer - pretty much just to browse your local file tree inside the program
- Better auto-completion than Sublime, imo
- Hiding and showing of sections of your files, like long HTML tags.
Sublime has:
- Smarter editing. For example, you can get auto-indentation and auto-closing tags/brackets in Notepad++ too, but it works much better in Sublime. More streamlined in general.
- A neat minimap of your code. Kind of useful.
- Easy splitting of the workspace
- Grouping of files into projects
I was meaning to make longer lists but they are both pretty stuffed with features so it'd take me forever. You should try both and see which suits you better!
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Nice! I'll have to give those a whirl when I get the chance.
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