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Aragoth
10-10-2006, 04:23 PM
I was just wondering which programs people prefer to use when making webpages. I know some people like Dreamweaver, and others Frontpage. I personally would rather die than use either of those. So instead I stick with the notepad. What are some of the pros and cons of the many colorful choices of programs?
nelis
10-10-2006, 04:43 PM
Yikes notepad!

I don't mind text editting but notpad stinks (imho).

I use Edit Plus (http://www.editplus.com/)
Also sometime dreamwaver but mostly type it all out myself...
Twey
10-10-2006, 05:02 PM
Vim (http://www.vim.org/) is one of the best editors out there, but takes a little while to get to grips with.
Kate (http://kate.kde.org/) is very nice. Requires KDE though.
Aragoth
10-10-2006, 05:35 PM
I use notepad because I have had some... errr... bad experiences with Dreamweaver. Mainly codes that don't actually work. So I said screw it and now I use an extremely rudimentary "style" of HTML. I know how to make a table!!! Yay. lol. I'm not very good... That's why I love DD.
djr33
10-10-2006, 09:51 PM
Coding by hand in dreamweaver. It helps by coloring the code as I type (to get a visual depiction of the general layout is nice), and makes it go faster by using the default stuff, like pressing enter instead of typing </p><p>... but I usually code by hand, within DW.
tech_support
10-10-2006, 11:37 PM
My first editor was FrontPage (long abandoned now), now using Dreamweaver
boxxertrumps
10-10-2006, 11:50 PM
i suggest using Coffe Cup html editor. it has a nifty menu on the side with tabs,
Each tab respectively:

Shows/enables you to open files from your websites directory,(C://) and lets you upload your pages and junk via FTP.
Tags, Lists all tags. useful (click on <a></a>, and <a></a> is put in your webpage where your verticle blinking text line is.)
also lists href=""/Class="" for the respective tag. also includes basic PHP funcions
Javascript
Dhtml
snippets (all random bits of code) not very useful...
ampersand characters list (self Explanitory)

also has a preview tab on the top. its free. uhh... url....is... somewhere....
Ah here it is.. http://www.coffeecup.com/
blm126
10-11-2006, 01:38 AM
Notepad++ (http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm) for me.
codeexploiter
10-11-2006, 04:08 AM
I use EmEditor (http://www.emeditor.com/) - HTML Editor

Zend PHP IDE for developing PHP scripts as it allows better debugging
Twey
10-11-2006, 12:08 PM
I'm proud to say I've never used a WYSIWYG editor... I didn't even know they existed until I could code a page by hand :p