Others are geared more towards Web languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP, and have built-in shortcuts for quickly typing HTML tags, CSS properties, and so on. Some editors are very general-purpose, with no specific support for Web coding. These let you work directly with HTML and CSS code, giving you the most flexibility with your designs. They can be a handy way to build a design quickly although, as every pro Web designer knows, you nearly always need to tweak the code yourself for best results. These are graphical editors that let you lay out and style your page visually, like using a word processor. There are hundreds of excellent editors to choose from - many of them paid - but what if you’re a coder on a budget? In this article I’ll take a look at some great free options out there.īroadly speaking, Web page editors can be broken down into the following 2 categories: Notepad (Windows) and TextEdit (Mac) are fine when you’re starting out, but you’ll soon want to graduate to something a bit more substantial. Every Web designer and coder needs a Web page editor to create and edit HTML, CSS and JavaScript code.
