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Hello, dear readers of the blog site. For a very long time I wanted to write about a wonderful free editor (the link leads to the official website where you can download the latest version with support for the Russian language).

For many years it has been one of the most popular and used programs for editing Html, CSS and PHP code. I even wonder: “how did I manage without it before, realizing its potential with the help of some other programs?”.

Now I always have a couple of browsers running on my computer at the same time, a very simple, free and convenient FTP manager FileZilla and this very editor, the capabilities of which are simply incomparable with the notepad used by default in Windows. But first things first.

Download and Features of Notepad++ Editor

Installing the program in Windows is carried out in a completely normal way. Also, if you wish, you can download Notepad++ Portable, representing portable version this editor that does not require installation into the operating system.

The portable version can be obtained from the regular one if you unpack the archive with the program to any convenient place and run the notepad.exe executable file.

All the benefits of Notepad++ editor

In fact, the notepad built into Windows differs from our hero in the same way as heaven and earth. There is practically nothing in the classic notepad except the ability to view and create simple text files (it turns out something similar to the digging stick used by people in the early stages of development).

Having started using Notepad with two pluses, at least for adjusting Html and CSS files, you will immediately get out of the Stone Age into the cabin of a modern earthmoving machine. There are, of course, other alternative programs and even, but for a beginner, a “notebook with two pluses” will be the most (IMHO).

Yes, of course, at first, using it may seem intricate and unconventional. But this is only at the very beginning of the acquaintance, and then it will be just as difficult for you to do without it, as, for example, many computer users do not think about their lives (also a kind of “classic”).

If we compare Notepad ++ with more complex programs designed to facilitate writing and editing various codes, such as Dreamweaver, then there are quite a few arguments for using our hero:

1. Firstly, it is absolutely free, which means you can save a lot by using it instead of the same Dreamweaver, if you do not take into account hacked versions of paid programs (which may well be a breeding ground for Trojans and other viruses).
2. Secondly, Notepad is much more light and fast than many of the paid editors. In addition, it is possible to use it without installing it in the operating room at all. Windows system(the so-called portable version - portable) and wear it, for example,. As a result, you will always have at hand a convenient, functional and well-understood tool for working with Html, PHP and dozens of other types of code.

Why is this editor worth downloading?

Let's briefly go over its capabilities and features, and then try to consider them in more detail. So, Notepad++ can do the following:

1. Highlight several dozens of the most popular programming and markup languages, such as: Ada, Assembler, C, C#, C++, CSS, FORTRAN, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Objective-C, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL .xml.

For all these languages, syntax highlighting, splitting the code into lines and blocks that can be collapsed by clicking on the minus and expanded by clicking on the plus. You can also display the relationship between elements with a dotted line. For example, I took a PHP code snippet to demonstrate the capabilities of this editor:



If you click on the opening Html tag, it will be highlighted with a blue background and at the same time the closing tag, if any, will be highlighted as well. Great for finding unclosed elements and .

2. It is very easy to implement encoding change, for example, to the one that is now popular, which I talked about in an article on the fight against krakozyabrs in Russian language encodings (see it at the link).
   
   
3. In one window of the program, it will be possible to open as many files as you like for editing, because Notepad ++ uses tabs in the manner of those that you have already become accustomed to in modern browsers.

   

   The color of the floppy disk on each tab indicates whether you have saved your last changes to it using the same floppy disk in the toolbar. On the active tab, a red diskette (and on an inactive tab - purple) indicates your forgetfulness.

4. With this editor, you can Search(Ctrl + F) both on the document open in it, and on the whole host of text files lying in a certain folder. It is possible to search with replacement and using regular expressions. An amazingly handy tool.
   
   
5. In the settings of this editor, you can enable automatic writing of the closing Html tag when typing the opening one, as well as the option of auto-completion of tags.
6. Notepad++ not only keeps a history of all your changes and allows you to roll back as many steps as you like or go back forward, but also backs up copies of these documents in the manner that Microsoft Word does.
7. This editor has the ability to manage hot keys, of which a great many are set in it - from the top menu "Options" - "Hot keys". Moreover, when you double-click on the combination you are interested in, a window for key remapping will open, which can be convenient for those who change from another editor to Notepad.
   
   
8. Notepad over the years of its existence got a lot of plugins, some are installed with it by default, and the rest will be available to you from the top menu "Plugins" - "Plugin Manager" - "Show Plugin Manager".

   

   To install, you just need to tick the desired plugin on the first tab and click on the “Install” button.

   
   

   After that, the editor window will reload and the new plugin will be available in the tab of the same name:

   

   

9. This “Swiss knife” can also connect to your site via FTP, record and play macros, check spelling on the fly, compare two files in open windows nearby, and much more.

What else you might need in Notepad++

1. Thanks to syntax highlighting in Notepad ++, it is very easy, for example, to check whether all Html tags are closed in the code, and with minimal experience, you will already visually note that in your code there was a mistake somewhere, because the color scheme of the code in this place will change.
2. Also, due to the fact that the code is highlighted in color, and the regular text of my articles remains black, it is very convenient for my constant grammatical corrector (beloved wife) to check grammar in it. No, it's over, I also use various ones, but not one of them still knows how to check punctuation, and semantic errors too.
3. I also really like the ability to visually display individual blocks of code in this text editor by highlighting brackets like ( ) (). When the mouse cursor is between any brackets, they are highlighted, as if highlighting the beginning and end of the Html or PHP code block.
4. In addition to the excellent implementation of the backlight, it should be noted separately the possibility take a step back(undo previous action). Moreover, the number of steps back is not limited, which allows you not to be afraid to experiment with the code without the risk of irreversible consequences.

   

   Undoing an action in Notepad ++ is possible using the hot keys Ctrl + Z (Ctrl + Y - a step forward, i.e. canceling the cancellation), using the corresponding menu items "Edit" or using the buttons in the form of curved arrows on the toolbar of this editor.

5. Notepad++ constantly monitors the state of the documents opened in it, and if they are changed or deleted, for example, in another program, you will be shown a window prompting you to close this tab with the document or reload its modified version.
6. As I mentioned earlier, in a notepad with two pluses, there is an opportunity syntax highlighting settings(as well as a dozen other languages) to suit your tastes and needs, but I have never used this option, because the default settings are quite satisfied.

   

   But no one bothers you to do this, since everything is extremely simple - select the items "Options" - "Defining styles" from the top menu, as a result of which a window will open where you can fine-tune the fonts and colors yourself to highlight Html, PHP or any other language you need.

Also in Notepad++ it is possible automatic completion the word you are typing, which can be very convenient if you are not sure about the correct spelling of a particular Html operator, PHP or any other code. To do this, when typing, just press the key combination Ctrl-Space and select the desired option from the window that opens:



If you want to make code completion automatic, without using hotkeys, then you will need to select "Options" - "Settings" from the top menu and on the "Reserve / Auto-completion" tab, check the box "Enable for each input".

7. Another gadget that seems quite convenient to me in this editor is the ability to drag and drop document shortcuts directly into the program window to open them (although this can hardly surprise anyone) and the ability to Drag and drop in the document itself, the selected code fragment (left mouse button) to the place you need.
8. When working with Notepad++ you will be able to put markers, which are called notes in it, but the essence of this does not change. In the line you need, you can put a marker in the form of a blue dot on the left margin by clicking on it.

   

   To set a marker (note) in the editor, you can also use the Ctrl-F2 key combination, and to move between the markers placed in the document, it will be enough to press F2 or Shift-F2 sequentially to scroll through the notes in the opposite direction.

9. If you are working in this editor with an Html file, you can see how your code will look in the browser FireFox or IE by selecting the appropriate items from the Start menu. If you need another browser, then select the top item "Launch" and look for the executable you need in the window that opens.

   

10. There is also ability to record macros, which I have not yet created, but the logic of their work is quite simple. First, you record it by selecting "Macros" - "Start Recording" from the editor menu, and then insert the recorded macros in the right place in the code by selecting them from the editor menu or using the hot keys assigned to them.

Encodings and working with files in the Notepad++ editor window

1. It should be noted that this code editor allows you to save and convert Html, PHP and other files to UTF-8 encoding (without BOM). It helped me more than once to overcome the problem with the Russian encoding when working with various sites.

   When I wanted to change any inscription on the site to Russian, I often got bugs as a result, the cause of which was the Windows-1251 encoding in which the source file was saved.

   After the original file has been converted to UTF-8 encoding (no BOM), krakozyabry successfully transformed into ordinary Russian symbols. That. If you add Cyrillic to any files of the engine, then for its correct display on the site, you will either need to immediately save it in the correct encoding, or then convert it.

   It should probably say a few words about this same BOM. The fact is that when you work with different text objects in a regular Windows notepad, then when you save it in UTF-8 encoding, invisible characters (BOM) are added, which may subsequently affect the performance of this file (for example, PHP may give an error) .

2. If you want to print the content open file, then the code will not be printed in the form in which you observe it in the program window. But selecting from the menu "Options" - "Settings" tab "Seal" you will be free to change this and choose the option to print code highlighting with color, allow displaying line numbers, headers and footers, etc. things:
   
   
3. This advanced text editor also has the ability to open as many new documents as you like without fear of cluttering up the taskbar. operating system. In unison with modern browsers, it will open all new documents not in a new program window, but in a new tab an already open window.

   

   Moreover, these tabs of various documents in the window of this notepad can be arbitrarily dragged with the mouse, closed and minimized.

   

   Well, depending on the settings made (“Options” - “Settings”), all the tabs opened before closing Notepad ++ will be restored the next time the program is started (again, similar to how browsers work). You can close unnecessary ones by double-clicking on them or placing them vertically.

4. In addition to the usual tabbed operations, this editor can be opened in one window at once two copies of the same document. This may be necessary if you need to work with the document in its different parts (view somewhere or copy, and paste somewhere).

   To activate this mode, you just need to click right click mouse on the desired tab of the PHP editor and select "Duplicate in Another Window" from the context menu.

   

   It is very convenient that after saving the changes in one of the copies of the document, the second one will also be updated (that is, you will not get confused - whether you saved the changes and in which copy).

5. I also really like it built-in search according to open Html or PHP documents with the possibility of replacement(some people actively use regular expressions for this, but I don’t know them to my shame). All the richness of the search in this advanced text editor can be appreciated by simply opening the "Search" menu item. See the screenshot at the beginning of the article.

In general, this text editor took a lot of useful and convenient things from the functionality of other applications, for which special respect to its developers and those who make plug-ins for it, some of which will be discussed now.

Using plugins in Notepad++

Let me remind you that to install a new plugin, you just need to select “Plugins” from the top menu of the editor - “ plugin manager- "Show Plugin Manager".

And in the window that opens, on the first tab (from the top menu), check the box for the desired plugin and click on the button Install.

After that, the editor window will reload and the new plugin will be available in the tab of the same name. In general, everything is nowhere easier.

What notepad plugins you may need in your work

A lot of additional and convenient lotions are provided by the plugin. TextFX, which after installation will be available in the top menu item of the same name in the editor. If you do not have such an item yet, then go to "Plugins" - "Plagin Manager" - "Show Plugin Manager", scroll down the list in the first tab and check the box next to TextFX Character.

After installing it, the editor will reboot and a new TextFX item will appear in the menu with many drop-down sub-items. For example, activating the option shown in the figure can make your life much easier when editing or writing Html code:



In this case, as soon as you enter the opening Html tag in the Notepad ++ text editor, the closing tag paired with it will immediately appear next to it. On the face of a strong time savings and a significant reduction in the likelihood of errors due to an unclosed tag. However, this thing annoys me and I do not use it. But this does not in the least beg her dignity.

There are quite a lot of lotions in TextFX, so try their work in practice yourself and decide what exactly will be convenient and useful for you.

Well, continuing the topic of tabs in the editor, it is worth mentioning the possibility comparing two documents. First, this plugin will need to be installed via the Plugin Manager:



To activate the document comparison mode in Notepad ++, you just need to select "Add-ons" - "Compare" - "Compare" from the top menu or press Alt + D on the keyboard. As a result, the currently active tab will be opened in the window of this notebook, as well as the tab located next to it.



For the convenience of comparing two Html or PHP documents, the Notepad++ editor will highlight the differences in them for you. To switch to the normal mode of working with documents, select the items "Add-ons" - "Compare" - "Clear Results" in the top menu or press Ctrl + Alt + D on the keyboard.

Moreover, two documents in the Notepad++ window can be viewed both vertically and horizontally. To choose the method that is most convenient for you, right-click on the place of their section and select the direction of rotation (right or left).

By the way, if like me you mainly use Notepad++ to edit Html or PHP files your site, you may find it useful to be able to connect to it via FTP directly from this text editor. I, however, like working with FileZilla more to my liking, especially since they even managed to steal passwords from me from it.

If you want to try working via FTP through Notepad, then select “Plugins” - “NppFTP” - “Show NppFTP Window” from the top menu, as a result of which the FTP client window will open on the right.



To set up an FTP connection, click on the gear icon, select "Profile Setting" and enter your connection details. Further work is not much different from what I wrote in the article about FileZilla that lives .

1. If you install the Customize Toolbar plugin using the Plugin Manager, you will be able to shuffle, remove or add new buttons on the toolbar this program.
   
   
2. At the beginning of the article, I mentioned Light Explorer, which adds the ability to open in the left column file manager. However, for the same purpose, you can use the Explorer, which you will find in the plugin manager.
   
3. Great plugin WebEdit, which allows, by analogy with the Html editor of WordPress, to frame the text with the most popular tags for headings, lists, tables, and others. Select the desired fragment and click on one of the buttons on the Notepad++ toolbar.
   
4. ImgTags - allows you with already prescribed horizontal and vertical sizes (calculates them yourself, which is very cool), prepared ALT and SRC attributes (you will also need to add the path to the folder with pictures on your server).
   

Check spelling window in Notepad++ using plugins

To connect Russian grammar checks the Notepad ++ editor uses the Shell-Checker plugin (from the menu item "Plugins"), for which you will need to download the Russian language dictionary from this page, and when activating this spell checker plugin, specify the path on your computer to the dictionary file.



There are installation details. First you will need download Full installer , and then a file with the Russian dictionary aspell-ru-0.50-2-3.exe . First, install the full installer, in the wizard of which, personally, I did not change the default path (c:\Program Files (x86)\Aspell\).

Then install the language pack, where first you will have to enter the letter “y” in the DOS window and press Enter on the keyboard (although it may have been only me, because I already installed GNU Aspell on the computer before that):



Then the standard Russian dictionary installation wizard will start, where again I did not change the default path. All.

Now restart Notepad ++ and either select the items shown just above from the menu, or hold the unreal combination CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + S on the keyboard. In the window that opens, you will have to enter the path to the BIN directory from the Aspell folder:



If you did not change the path when installing GNU Aspell and the Russian dictionary, then you will need to insert here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Aspell\bin\

Well, or something similar, depending on your operating system. That's it, now select the text in which you want to check spelling and press CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + S (you can change this combination in the hotkey settings - see above). A window will appear where the first error found will be displayed:



You can ignore it, or choose a suitable replacement from the options offered. At the bottom you can change the checking language if you have installed several GNU Aspell language modules. That's all.

DSpellCheck- a very convenient solution in the manner of the previous plugin, because it also uses GNU Aspell and its Russian dictionary, but it already does spell checking on the fly, just like in all modern browsers. Go to plugin manager and install it.



Grammar check will immediately turn on by default (it is disabled by unchecking the box shown in the screenshot), but only the English language module will be connected, so we go to the DSpellCheck settings and make changes.



Select Aspell from the drop-down list (if you haven't installed it yet, then scroll up this article a bit and download the module along with the Russian language pack to install them on your OS), and just below, specify the path to the aspell-15.dll file. A little lower, select the language of the connected dictionary, if you have installed several of them, and click on Apply.



Now all the errors found will be underlined with a red wavy line (the color can be changed in the settings), and when you hover over the mouse cursor, an arrow will appear, by clicking on which you can select the correct spelling of this word, or add it to the dictionary or to the ignore list.

Good luck to you! See you soon on the blog pages site

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If you want to develop web sites, you need to get an HTML editor. Of course, you can use a regular notepad, but this is unlikely to be convenient. It's important to note that HTML editors need to perform two important tasks, code highlighting and autocomplete. Naturally, additional functions are also welcome, various themes for example. There are many such additional functions. For now, let's take a look at a few free HTML editors that do the job well.

Free code editor - Programmer's Notepad

This editor offers a modern interface that comes in two types, light and dark. In addition, the syntax highlighting is very successful, the colors are well chosen. I think that given editor will meet all your requirements.

HTML editor - SynWrite

SynWrite is a cool editor with a wide range of features. The idea of ​​this editor was to include all the advantages of other HTML editors in one quality product. Its functionality can be significantly extended with additional plugins written in Python. In addition to standard functions, SynWrite allows you to immediately edit several pieces of code at the same time:

This feature will save you a lot of time.

Free HTML Editor - PlainEdit.NET

This editor can open several files at once, and plugins can be added that will significantly expand the functions of the editor, including themes. In addition, you can add and change text using regular expressions, even in documents that are not currently open. It is worth noting that PlainEdit can also work from a USB drive.

notepad++

This editor is a classic. He is very popular all over the world. Notepad++ has everything a text editor should have. The interface can be customized as you wish, and free plugins will help expand the functionality of the editor.

Free editor - jEdit

With this editor, you can open and edit almost any file. It greatly simplifies the task of opening several files at the same time. Any missing features can be supplemented with a variety of plugins.

Out of the box, jEdit comes with essential features built in, such as code folding, marking tags and elements, file manager, as well as many other functions.

Sublime Text 2

It is the most popular editor among programmers and web developers. No such editor has had such a triumph as Sublime Text 2. It is praised by many programmers. The editor is deeply customizable through various resolutions and JSON files.

For this popular editor, you can find extensive libraries of documentation, both official and non-official. Sublime Text 2 tutorials can be found everywhere.

Sublime Text 2 is partly free, with a $70 license.

New editor - Brackets

Brackets is a modern open source editor with some interesting features. It works with Adobe Creative Cloud to bring colors, fonts and more from a PSD file. It can also extract layers as images. Very comfortably

Unfortunately Adobe Creative Cloud is a paid service.

This editor has all the necessary features for a modern code editor. There are many different extensions that are released every 2-3 weeks.

Aptana Studio 3

The editor's greatest strengths are its customizability, Git integration, and built-in terminal. Aptana Studio 3 supports the latest web standards such as HTML5 and CSS3.

Conclusion

There are many HTML editors out there, but only a few of them can actually be used. For non-daily use, there is Notepad ++, but for daily use it would clearly not be enough. There are better options for this, such as Sublime Text 2, which can be customized as per the requirement of the user. Curious to know which editors you choose?

Hello, dear subscribers and guests of my blog. In several previous articles, I initiated you into the basics of css and languages, but only indirectly mentioned auxiliary programs. That is why today I consider it necessary to talk about the best visual html editor. I will tell you about some popular site building tools, and later you can download and try out the one you like in practice.

Hitting the top ten

At the moment, companies have released many specialized software products, the main purpose of which is to optimize the workflow of developers. There are both paid and free editors.

Since my blog is aimed at teaching beginners in this business, I decided to describe the top free tools for creating website pages. Most likely you have already guessed that we will talk about the ten most convenient visual programs. Let's start with the simplest ones.

(https://notepad-plus-plus.org/)

This is a great training tool for future developers. The program has a simple user-friendly interface without unnecessary bells and whistles, supports multilingualism, that is, you can translate the editor's menu into Russian. Also, the advantages include code syntax highlighting, the introduction of verification and validation.

PSPad(http://www.pspad.com/)

Just like the previous program, PSPad is a general-purpose tool that highlights css and html text, automatically saves changes after the program ends, checks the correctness of the written code, and allows you to enable the preview mode of developed pages in . This visual editor contains more useful features than Notepad ++, but it still belongs to simple development tools.

KompoZer(http://www.komposer.net/)

The software product belongs to WYSIWYG editors, which means "what you see is what you get." KompoZer is included in the list of leaders among visual editors and for good reason. It allows developers and designers to work together as it has 3 modes of operation. Let's start with my favorite, code mode.

Despite the lack of auto-completion of paired markup language elements, the mode allows you to edit the code as in text editors. In WYSIWYG mode, it is convenient for designers to design the appearance of web resources. The joint mode provides the possibility of detailed acquaintance with the markup of specific objects.

Komodo Edit(http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit/)

Powerful tool with accessible source code. Its creation is based on the commercial development environment Komodo IDE, so the product is endowed with many additional goodies: contextual automatic completion and closing of tags, random text generation for filling fields, style markup preview, built-in regular expressions and much more.

To all this, I want to add that the program's capabilities can be significantly expanded with the help of special utilities!

jEdit(http://www.jedit.org/)

jEdit refers to cross-platform software products. It provides syntax highlighting of the written text, the additional installation of plug-ins to expand the capabilities, after which automatic closing of tags, code authentication and many other functions become available.

However, for me personally, the stumbling block on the way to this editor was its sloppy and inconvenient interface.

Aptana Studio(http://www.aptana.com/)

If you want to learn how to program in a full-fledged development environment, then work in this product. The environment supports many programming languages ​​and is suitable not only for websites, but also for writing other types of applications. But be prepared to set aside some time to master its technical features.

Fraise(https://www.assembla.com/home)

This is a text editor that is suitable for creating web resources, unfortunately, only under the Mac OS X 10.6 platform. The program supports color highlighting of text in various languages, provides a preview of the created pages, is equipped with special commands to speed up typing and syntax checking, allows you to use regular expressions, and automatically completes the input properties.

gedit(http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/)

A simple text editor that, after installing add-ons, miraculously turns into a web editor. Using utilities, the following properties are added:

• Auto-completion of paired elements;
• Temporary text generation;
• Code syntax check;
• Preview in any browser.

vim(http://www.vim.org/)

A hard-to-learn console editor that has many advantages for programmers. Equipped with 3 operating modes.

ICEcoder(https://icecoder.net/downloads)

This is a text editor which provides the ability to write and edit code directly in the browser. An excellent modern tool for working both locally and on the network, it has the characteristics of standard editors, but it supports working with databases and functions on all platforms.

As for me, I often change WYSIWYG programs, trying new versions and products from different companies.

That's all, I wish you good luck in finding the right editor for you! Share the link with your friends and be sure to subscribe to my blog before leaving. There are many more useful articles in the project. Bye Bye!

Sincerely, Roman Chueshov

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I welcome you to my blog. No matter how you create a site in the constructor, with the help of a CMS or in a program, it will be written in html and css. Otherwise, the browser will not understand it. Instead of an electronic portal, the visitor will not see anything.

The difference will consist only in the correctness of the code. In some cases it will look like English text translated into Google translate. In others, as if they were engaged in an intelligent translator. It all depends on the tools you are using.

Today we’ll talk about which program for creating an html site will achieve the goal most correctly and competently. I'll run ahead. Even some allow you to do this clearly. And for some users, this would be the best solution.

My today's publication will be dedicated to editors. Let's start with them.

Two types of editors

All website editors are divided into two types - visual and text. This does not mean that in the first case you can completely do without code knowledge, but the requirements for their level will not be as serious as in the second case. This is the main advantage, because ideally, if you want to create something really correct, after writing the site, it would be nice to work on the code again and edit some shortcomings.

Text editors are great if you are good at programming languages ​​or just not afraid of difficulties. They do not write the code for you, but they help speed up this process and avoid mistakes anywhere. You start typing a phrase and the utility finishes it for you. You'll also be able to see everything you've done once you're done.

It is impossible to say that the second method guarantees a better result. You can make mistakes too, especially if you don't have enough experience. Even professionals sometimes face difficulties, fatigue and inaccuracies. They work in a team: someone will suggest a rule that has flown out of their heads, others will see an error.

I do not insist or recommend any of the methods. You must decide for yourself what is more important to you. The result, that is, a site that will be visible anyway search engines, it remains only to develop it. The second option is your knowledge. They are easier to bring to perfection using text code editors.

Well, now let's move on to the programs themselves.

Visual editors

I bring to your attention several convenient visual editors.

• WYSIWYG Web Builder

The program is in English, the first 30 days are free trial period. You will then need a license, which costs just under $50.

WYSIWYG Web Builder is simple and pretty self explanatory. If you know something, then you understand that any site consists of various blocks. Thanks to this editor, you only need to choose what exactly you want to see on your site: text, search, RSS, slideshow, video gallery and so on. The code will be generated automatically. It just needs to be tweaked a bit.

The utility has additional features: creating, checking links and page weights. If something is missing for you, you can download extensions from the forum on the official website or write the code yourself.

If you are a beginner, you can get started with the software using one of the many ready-made templates. This will speed up the work.

• CoffeeCup Visual Site Designer

Software in English. The developers of this program once sold it for $50 with the option to buy some additional features, which caused a real riot on the Internet. What is this utility that you constantly need to invest in? Now it costs $189, but you get everything at once and in its entirety.

Very functional, easier to use than the previous representative of visual editors. It has a built-in, which simplifies the process of uploading to the server. You can work in the program and immediately upload updates to the hosting. It is very comfortable.

CoffeeCup Visual Site Designer allows you to work on , a bunch of free icons, the ability to add all sorts of effects, see and fix the code right in the program's workspace. The lack of Russian is probably one of the most significant shortcomings.

• Adobe Muse

An excellent program in Russian, about which I have repeatedly written in my blog. He himself used and even created a site in it to order. Reviews are extremely positive. There are not so many tools, but if you know how to use them, you can create fundamental projects. This is a hallmark of many adobe products.

Remember the same photoshop. It would seem that there are a dozen buttons, but when you start poking around in it, it turns out that they can be used for such detailed settings! Many scripts have been released for Adobe Muse, and you can add a feedback form, a slider, and whatever else your heart desires.

This is one of the few programs that will provide ample opportunities for both a beginner who does not want to understand the code, and for those who seek to gain an impressive amount of knowledge.

People working in Adobe Muse are able to earn up to 100,000 rubles per landing. Everything depends on skills. The result, the ultimate benefit for the buyer of the site. If your goal is money, I can recommend you a course " ". You will learn how to create projects that can sell.

Text editors

For those who need knowledge, I present my selection of text editors.

• Sublime Text

You can create a website in the simplest notepad that hides in the Start bar, so why do you need text editors? They have about the same additional benefits. For example, the ability to add text for you, a color palette.

Sublime Text wouldn't be so popular if it didn't have its own specific features, such as error control and a task and file manager. I can suggest you watch a video review of this editor if you are interested.

To get some additional features, you will have to download an extension package for the program.

• Brackets

A free editor from Adobe, very similar to the previous representative, but you don’t need to download something extra to get basic features.

Extensions are needed if you want, for example, you want to be able to open a Photoshop layout in the editor to immediately cut out and save parts of the picture. It is unlikely that this will really be useful to you, since the option is not very well developed.

Nevertheless, thanks for your efforts. The editor is quite good without it.

In addition to these programs, there are also NotePad ++ and Dreamweaver, but I already wrote a detailed article about them "". Find out more by following the link and by subscribing to my blog updates. I wish you to find your convenient utility as soon as possible and start creating websites yourself.

Until we meet again and good luck in your endeavors.

Every web designer and coder needs a good web page editor to create and edit HTML, CSS and JavaScript code. Notepad (Windows) and TextEdit (Mac) are great tools to start with, but as you get more experienced, you'll want to use a more solid and convenient tool.

There are hundreds of great editors to choose from, but many of them are paid. And if you don't want to violate copyright, but the budget does not have the funds to purchase a commercial product? This article covers several excellent free editors.

• WYSIWYG editors. These are graphic editors that allow you to build a page layout and set styles visually, as in the well-known word processor MS Word. They are a handy tool for building page design, although as every experienced web designer knows, the code still needs to be "combed" to achieve a great result.
• Text editors. It is a tool for editing HTML and CSS code directly. Some editors are general purpose and do not have special options for web code support. Others are specialized for using web languages ​​such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP, and have built-in properties for quickly entering HTML tags, CSS properties, and so on. Many of these editors allow you to view a web page in a separate window.

Compozer (Windows, Mac, Linux)

KompoZer is a great choice if you need a visual editor on a budget

Komodo Edit is a good editor, easy to learn but powerful and extensible

Although it is a general purpose editor, it supports HTML and CSS, and has contextual autocompletion of HTML tags and CSS properties, as well as a collection of code embeds for various HTML elements. In order to get the most out of using Komodo, you need to install the HTML Toolkit extension, which contains such wonderful features as auto-closing tags, CSS view preview, and a temporary text generator.

Komodo Edit allows you to view edited pages in any installed browser, or use the built-in browser in a separate window, so you can edit and see the result of changes at the same time.

The editor has a built-in function for uploading files to the site (FTP, FTPS, SFTP, or SCP), and you can also group your files in a fun way using the project manager option.

Very useful feature Code > Select Block. It highlights the current main block of HTML, such as the current closed div or ul element. A very handy feature when you need to select an entire section on a page to copy or move.

Komodo Edit has a lot of powerful and useful features, such as using regular expressions for search/replace, the ability to execute external commands, and so on. Fortunately, the editor also has a good help system that makes it easy to master the power of Komodo Edit.

Aptana Studio (Windows, Mac, Linux)

Aptana Studio is a complete integrated web application development environment with a wide range of plugins. Although you can only use it as an HTML/CSS/JavaScript code editor

Notepad++ is a great replacement for Notepad from Windows. Although it doesn't have the same set of options as other editors, it's great for editing HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other code files.

PSPad is another general purpose editor for Windows with a large set of features useful for HTML and CSS encoders

jEdit is a cross-platform text editor with powerful macro command and plugin features. Install the XML plugin if you need to edit web pages

TextWrangler is a lightweight general purpose editor. Despite the lack of special features for web development, it can be used to work with web pages.

Vim is definitely hard to learn, but once you get through it, you'll never want to go back!

The granddaddy of text editors for programmers Vim (a direct descendant of the vi editor) is an open source console text editor. It is installed as the default editor on almost all flavors of Unix, including Linux and Mac OS X. An editor is also available for use on Windows and many other systems.

Vim is not a system that you can install and start using right away, having never dealt with it before. Most editing commands include weird combinations like :wq and / . It also has three editing modes: mode inserts, in which text is entered; visual mode for highlighting text; and command mode for entering commands. This functionality is a legacy of Unix from the days when there were no windows or mice.

Why is he on the list? If you master it, then you will be convinced of its speed and power. With a few commands, you can do in a few seconds what can take minutes in other editors.

There are a large number of Vim macros and plugins that make it easy to work with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code, including syntax highlighting, auto-completion, HTML Tidy, and browsing in a browser. Here is a large list of useful links:

• Vim Omni autocomplete
• HTML/XHTML editing in Vim
• home page

Fraise (Mac)

Fraise is an intuitive editor for Mac with enough features for web editing

Like TextWrangler and gedit, Fraise is a wonderful lightweight editor that is a pleasure to use. It is a fork of the editor. It is relatively new and does not have a proper web server. It is currently only supported on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), meaning if you are using version 10.5 you will need to download Smultron.

Fraise has some great options for web editing:

• Code highlighting for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and several other programming languages.
• The Close Tag(Command-T) command to close the current tag. This really saves time when entering lists.
• Convenient preview in the built-in browser (using WebKit), with a very handy Live Update option? which updates the browser as soon as the markup and CSS on the edited page has changed.
• An Advanced Find option that supports search/replace using regular expressions.
• Support for blocks to quickly enter HTML tags and CSS properties.
• Some handy commands for manipulating text, such as HTML validation and converting characters to HTML elements.

Fraise is worth exploring if you're on a Mac and need a user-friendly editor with more features than the built-in TextEdit.