Looking for a simple software for handcoding html & css?

Question

I have Dreamweaver but I hardly ever use any of the features really because I love to handcode. Plus, dreamweaver is very cluttered...

But I like how, in code view, it makes the codes different colors so it's easy to to see where your tags are, and I like how it auto closes your end tags, and the popup menu that pops up when you start writing a code to show your options etc.

I want something like that... that has the coding features only... I don't need a design view, it makes things too cluttered.

Something compatible with Windows... any suggestions?

Answer 1

Notepad++

Answer 2

ONLY the graphical editing programs try to complete the code for you, which is NOT a good idea, I have seen Dreamweaver and others put in closing tags in wrong locations. Notepad is what I use, it does not highlight but that is not essential. Under Linux I use Kwrite, or vi for editing, both of these do highlight, but then the whole Linux system is built around interraction between its' inbuilt programs.

Answer 3

You might want to check out the CodeLobster HTML editor. I find it great for hand-coding and it's available as a free download. It does syntax highlighting and automatic tag closing. (It does have a preview mode but you can easily ignore that feature if you'd like. It doesn't have a "design view" as such.)



While I use the free version, upgrades are available at a very reasonable cost if you need additional features.

Answer 4

Notepad++.

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/



It has syntax highlighting for a ton of languages, tabs for multiple documents and lots more.