Do you write html in notepad?

[Fjeddy]

I do the Notepad. The one time I tried Dreamweaver I came to the conclusion that it's just a lot of money spent on something I can live without.

I havn't tried Notepad2, NotePad++ or Textedit tho.

[ReekenX]

I do not understand why so many users here like's notepad2. It's editor having many features for web developing. Why I like notepad++? Because there are PLUGINS, many programming languages syntax support and much more

[WingedPanther]

I use jEdit/CrimsonEditor/EmeraldEditor. jEdit has plugins, and all have great support for multiple languages. jEdit also has excellent support for RegEx's

[jclarke]

as far I have read in this thread. Some softwares that I have never heard of has gotten me interested, despite after 6 years of HTML experience. Notepad is the easiest part in me, I have an excellent eye in myself, notepad is easy for me to detect mistakes, no matter how big or small.

But, I sometimes use dreamweaver, but right now, I find it quite useless, and right now, since I created my offical website, I use this wonderful software Mircosoft Visual Studio.NET which is good for advanced programmers like myself.

In the past, I have listed below of the softwares I used for creation.

- Notepad
- Mircosoft Frontpage
- Dreamweaver
- Mircosoft Fireworks
- Mircosoft Visual Studio.NET 2002/2003/2005

Editing HTML and creating fantastic websites are fun to do. Yet, I need to make flash aminated websites, I yet to learn more advanced stuff using Mircosoft Flash....

[Jordan]

You should check out Notepad2, it is free and works great. As of late I have been all of my PHP work in Dreamweaver. It isn't bad, but not great either - I like the tabs. What is the URL to your websites?

[jclarke]

Originally Posted by Jordan

You should check out Notepad2, it is free and works great. As of late I have been all of my PHP work in Dreamweaver. It isn't bad, but not great either - I like the tabs. What is the URL to your websites?

My website is Deafies Australia - Homepage ( This website is for the deaf community around Australia and the world too, if they want to visit the country ) This website needs some video additions though.

Jordan, I'm interested in having a look at the notepad2, wonder where I could find it?

[G_Morgan]

notepad2 | A small, fast and free text editor

Also worth a look is

.:: NOTEPAD++ ::.

They are probably the best two free editors for Windows that aren't Emacs or Vim (which aren't worth it unless you are prepared to tackle the steep learning curve, also they lose some of their magic outside of Unix environments).

One reservation I have about Notepad+ is that by default it uses some ridiculous fonts (some not even monospaced) that can make working with it difficult until you run through and change the formatting. Why it does this hideous thing I don't know, it looks pretty but is unworkable.

[jclarke]

I'm impressed, with the notepad2 -- it looks awesome and it can be set for the HTML interface, so I inserted one of my HTML examples and all the code are color coded. Impressive.

About the notepad++, I can't find the downloadable section in for this one, unfortunately.

[fahlyn]

I use Eclipse for Java programming, but I use EditPlus2 for Perl, Php, HTML, Javascript and so on....its not free...but there is a free trial (which never expires). I highly recommend it...the free trial is identical to the full version....the only difference is in the free trial when you first load EditPlus2 you have to click the "Continue Evaluating" button. Its got full FTP support and is very customizable. Its great!

[jclarke]

Originally Posted by fahlyn

I use Eclipse for Java programming, but I use EditPlus2 for Perl, Php, HTML, Javascript and so on....its not free...but there is a free trial (which never expires). I highly recommend it...the free trial is identical to the full version....the only difference is in the free trial when you first load EditPlus2 you have to click the "Continue Evaluating" button. Its got full FTP support and is very customizable. Its great!

I wish these softwares are free - unlike these freewares, they sometimes hide viruses...


I haven't checked the new softwares out though, as yet.