We at Skilledup are a bunch of techies at heart, and as such we regularly research ways to improve our website’s design and workflow. Thus, we’ve taken a deep dive into the world of web development, coding HTML, and different apps that help developers. Our last two articles focused on the best web development extensions for Firefox and Chrome. In the past few years, web development like many other processes has started moving “into the cloud,” so we have literally searched high and low to bring you 70 of the Best HTML editors for Web Developers.
- Notepad++ is a notepad replacement with the ability to highlight and check code syntax. It also supports tabbed file editing. A great first choice for programmers. Windows, free.
- ConTEXT is a simple yet powerful notepad replacement. It has most of the same functionalities as Notepad++, and a few additional features like the ability to record macros. Windows, free.
- Coffeecup HTML Editor is a fully-fledged web code editor with some unique functionalities like the ability to take any website and edit its code in your own test environment. Windows/Mac, $69 w/free trial.
- Emacs is a Linux specific text editor with a high degree of extensibility and customizability. It is one of the best known Linux text editors. Linux, free.
- UltraEdit is another code-geared text editor. It supports extremely large files and even hex files. Windows/Mac/Linux, $59.95 w/ 30-day free trial.
- EditPlus is a text/code editor with built-in FTP functionality. Windows, $35 per single user license; group discounts available.
- Coda 2 is a Mac-based editor that allows code-folding, has auto-complete and an in-built SWL editor. Mac, $75 w/7-day free trial.
- Espresso is another Mac-based editor with real-time preview functionality and code-folding. Mac, $75 w/ 15-day free trial.
- Sublime Text is an advanced text editor that has a slick interface with advanced search functionality and advanced viewing modes. Windows/Mac/Linux, $70 per single user license w/free trial.
- Topstyle 5 is an HTML5 and CSS3 focused editor with syntax highlighting, auto completion, and a nifty feature that allows you to click on classes and find styles defined for the classes. Windows, Demo version has limited functionality, $79.95.
- TextWrangler is a general purpose text editor for Mac with enhanced functionality for different programming languages. Mac, free.
- BBEdit is a text editor with powerful code editing features like the ability to search and replace text from multiple files. Mac, $49.95.
- Chocolat is an editor that boasts split editing, code completion and a Vim mode that lets you edit text in a shell-style environment. Mac, $49.95.
- Textmate brings a unique approach to text editors by combining unix-style functionality into an editor. It allows you to write and edit code Emacs-style and even lets you run shell code within the editor. Mac, single user license, $54.