(X)HTML Editors

You can use any text editor to write (X)HTML, including TextEdit on the Mac, WordPad for Windows, or vi in Unix systems. However, you might find it useful to try a text editor that is specialized for writing (X)HTML. Some let you work right in a “browser-view” mode, dragging elements around the screen. These are called WYSIWYG. Others are purely text-based but offer powerful shortcut tools for writing and editing (X)HTML.

What (X)HTML editors offerDisadvantages of (X)HTML editors
Dedicated (X)HTML editors offer the following advantages over simple text editors (of course, not every (X)HTML editor has every feature):

  • they insert opening and closing tags with a single click

  • they check and verify syntax in your (X)HTML and CSS

  • they ...

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