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Stupid question probably - HTML software?

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  • 22-07-2014 2:34pm
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    BeerWolf
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    Like how Java there's software such as Eclipse and Netbeans for it... likewise is there anything for HTML ?

    I currently use Notepad++


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    justjustin
    Registered Users Posts: 104 ✭✭justjustin


    Netbeans


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    solomafioso
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    Notepad! :pac:

    But seriously, html doesn't need to be compiled (um, not to my knowledge. Could be completely wrong). You can use any text editor to create .htm / .html files and then open them up in a browser.

    What you will require is something that will highlight syntax and basically allow you to code correctly. That is, so you don't end up with a wall of text wondering what tag ends where.

    Notepad++ is grand for html, xml and css editing.

    Codecademy do great CSS and HTML coding courses (for free).

    http://www.codecademy.com/courses/html-one-o-one/0/1

    Also netbeans and elipse are just IDE's. (Integrated Development Environments). So they let you write and compile the code in one program instead of dealing with command prompt. It's actually the Java Development Kit that does all the work.


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    Maximus Alexander
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    Notepad++ is fine but if you're looking for something with syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS and JS along with an internal web browser, Eclipse is free and fits the bill.


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    solomafioso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭solomafioso


    Maximus Alexander wrote: »
    Notepad++ is fine but if you're looking for something with syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS and JS along with an internal web browser, Eclipse is free and fits the bill.

    +1

    Also, just to let you know that there's a html plugin for Notepad++

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/npp-plugins/files/HTMLTag/

    From this list of plugins:

    http://www.backslash.gr/content/blog/misc/11-notepad-plusplus-plugins


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    BeerWolf
    Registered Users Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    Cheers all :)


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    Splinter
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    Sublime Text also works for highlighting quite well :)


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    Ballyv24
    Registered Users Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭Ballyv24


    I use notepad++ and then firebug to identify where my formatting is not displaying as planned.



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    Creamy Goodness
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    Sublime is my go to editor for pretty much everything.


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    RealistSpy
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    ?? I got an infraction for saying webstorm?


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    SilverScreen
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    Other than Notepad++ you could try Brackets. It lets you open a browser window from within the application and view HTML and CSS changes immediately as you save, doing away with the need to refresh the page every time. It's more heavyweight than Notepad++ but still nowhere near as heavyweight as an IDE.


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    Chance The Rapper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 494 ✭✭Chance The Rapper


    I use brackets on Mac OS , it's nice. Would also highly recommend codecademy


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    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    RealistSpy wrote: »
    ?? I got an infraction for saying webstorm?

    Banned for a week.


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    Meritor
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    I think HTML has more to do with designing rather than programming.
    So, if you want to design and code you may try software like Dreamweaver (Not free, you need licence to use it) or Microsoft Frontpage (Very old, Microsoft has stopped development since 2003).
    The new could connected application proposed by Microsoft is WebMatrix (microsoft . com / web / ). This is free to use. Unfortunately, webmatix does not provide WYSIWYG editor.
    You may also want to have a look at BlueGriffon a free WYSIWYG editor and it also has plugins. bluegriffon . org

    I personally use simple text editors like edit plus, notepad++ for simple website.
    For webapplication that needs additional programming languages I use Eclipse / netbeans.


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    tricky D
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    WYSIWYG doesn't really exist for web design. It's more like What You See Is What You Might Get If You're Very Lucky due to differences in browser renderings, the need for Responsive Design, scalability.... I'd only advise using something like Dreamweaver and the like for mockups or production only. As for Frontpage, no, never, ever, it's the spawn of the devil.


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    tenifan
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    tricky D wrote: »
    I'd only advise using something like Dreamweaver and the like for mockups or production only. As for Frontpage, no, never, ever, it's the spawn of the devil.

    Dreamweaver.. it depends on what the website's meant to do. If you do a lot of editing text and there's little programming, I think you could do worse than dreamweaver.

    Frontpage is also great for fancy navigation bars and such ;)


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    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    Frontpage is really REALLY out of date. It was replaced years ago by SharePoint Designer, which itself is now out of date (in terms of web design at least). This was replaced for web design by Expression Web, which as you might have guessed is now out of date. Expression Web 4 is still available, and free, but AFAIK it won't be developed any further.

    On the Microsoft front, web design is all now focused around Visual Studio. If you're looking for free tools then "Visual Studio 2013 Express for Web" is what you are looking for.


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    Opinicus
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    SilverScreen wrote: »
    Other than Notepad++ you could try Brackets. It lets you open a browser window from within the application and view HTML and CSS changes immediately as you save, doing away with the need to refresh the page every time. It's more heavyweight than Notepad++ but still nowhere near as heavyweight as an IDE.

    Another +1 for brackets.


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    Skrynesaver
    Registered Users Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭Skrynesaver


    vim, Firefox w. Firebug


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    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    tenifan wrote: »
    Dreamweaver.. it depends on what the website's meant to do. If you do a lot of editing text and there's little programming, I think you could do worse than dreamweaver.

    That's what I mean by production, as opposed to design.


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    croo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 1,333 Mod ✭✭✭✭croo


    From the open source world there is Kompozer http://kompozer.net


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    The Corinthian
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    BeerWolf wrote: »
    Like how Java there's software such as Eclipse and Netbeans for it... likewise is there anything for HTML ?
    There's not in the sense that there's so many of them, with no clear leader in the area, that there's no industry 'standard'.

    I'm currently using PSPad (although I don't know why, as I don't actually like it much), but have used EditPlus 2, Notepad and a range of others in the past.

    Depends on what your requirements are (e.g. support for other languages) and what you're comfortable with.

    Actually, given my ambivalence twoards PSPad, I'm more than happy to hear what others are using.
    solomafioso wrote: »
    But seriously, html doesn't need to be compiled (um, not to my knowledge.
    Oddly enough most people don't use editors or IDE's just for the compilers.


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