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Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition.
Like Dreamweaver, it has a WYSIWIG (and an excellent one at that, which allows you to apply styles to elements with a properties window, add controls, the works). However, it's real strength is in code view. As long as the file type of the file is recognised, you can edit the code easy peasy.
For example, you type a <table> tag. Once you type <table , a window pops up with all the attributes you can use, with code completion. After the <table> tag, simply type the < character, and it displays a list with the different tags (eg <tr>) that you can use in this circumstance. I think the main difference is that it sort of 'understands' the code more than a text editor, if you know what I mean. It generally makes the coding a lot more enjoyable and easy.
