HTML Editors

Actually the question should be the other way around: what does dreamweaver mx 2004 have over UltraDev.

Well, for starters it has better interface and more intuitive features. But mostly it has to do with enhanced database integration in MX that sets it apart. Add to that, MX was retooled to support almost every web programming language you could imagine (PHP, ASP, .NET, Java/Javascript etc.)

In addition, dreamweaver MX is better suited for group work than earlier versions because of its integration with other Macromedia products (which is after all the concept behind Studio MX 2004).

Dreamweaver and Frontpage are the best html editors since you can type code and actually see what it does. WYSIWYG

I agree with the Dreamweaver part, but Frontpage and "good web authoring" are mutually exclusive terms

Notepad makes it so hard for you to see what you are doing. You have to publish what you do in a htm or html file to actually see if your code works. Too much work for me.

"Hardcore" webmasters (forgive the term:lol: ) prefer Notepad (or other plain text editor for that matter) than wysiswygs because you retain full control over the source code. Granted its tedious and repetitive, it remains very useful and very cheap to boot.

Notepad or EMEditor

I think Macromedia Dreamweaver or Adobe GoLive are the best. MS FrontPage sucks sometimes.

I use HTML-Kit. DLed it for free at download.com and I really like it. I've done others (including frontpage which is okay for teaching people how to do coding, but I don't like using it.) I like the speed and streamline look of HTML-Kit best.

EditPlus or Notepad
I don't like Front Page, it creates too much redundant code.
When I loaded Dreamweaver, it pop up with some thing like 10 windows all over the screen. That freaks me out

andyy15 : If you're using notepad, save the file you're editing. Open it in your browser. If you want to see the changes just swap to the browser and refresh.

i used macromedia homesite, but recently i've been using macromedia dreamweaver.

i don't understand the people that say that notepad is the best editor...
in dreameweaver you have the option to see only the code (like in notepad), you also have the option to split it (where you see the code and the final result at the same time).

if you forget to write a tag in notepad... you have to look for it and blah blah blah. in dreamweaver, the code is colored so you can clearly see what tag or what part of the code is missing.

in notepad, you have to write down ALL the code, for example, to make a paragraph, you need to write <p> and </p>, in dreamweaver, you only need to write <p> and it automaticaly (its prolly bad written ;P) inserts the </p> tag.

etc, etc, etc.

dreamweaver > notepad!

dreamweaver has so many options...check it out!