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    i'm looking to grow out of dreamweaver into a better editor. what are you good folks using in term of a WYSIWYG editor. (sorry notepad wont cut it.)

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    From what I hear, DreamWeaver is probably the best out there, although you could also try Nvu.

    However, if you're looking to get into coding seriously, you need to outgrow WYSIWYG editors altogether and learn to work with HTML. For this any text editor will do, but there are several that are more helpful than Notepad: Kate (KDE only) and vim for starters (Cream is an easier way of installing and using vim if you're unlucky enough to be on Windows).
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    i started off in notepad, and use UltraEdit32 now for html that i feel at home with, but when i'm fixing tables or resizing images.. its just so much easier.

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    Then use Dreamweaver or another app. Don't use frontpage, whatever you do. But generally they can help. Just that you MUST! keep an eye on the code they generate to fix errors. That's the only way to properly use WYSIWYG editors.
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    If you are looking for a WYSIWYG web authoring tool then I would suggest

    1. Aodbe GoLive

    2. Microsoft Expression

    Since you have DreamWeaver already so there is no need for refering it again.

    As a text editor I would recommend

    1. UltraEdit

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    personally I don't see what everyone's beef with plain old notepad is.

    Now, granted I wouldn't call myself a "seasoned programmer" but I have made well over 20,000 web pages in the last year and a half and I have only used notepad.

    I have seen and tried some of the others, and I don't see what the big fuss is about.
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    Notepad is generally quite sufficient. Sometimes syntax highlighting is nice though.
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    Indeed. Syntax highlighting is quite useful.

    I will say that WYSIWYG previews of the code YOU type is nice... not so much the code it generates.
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