# What's your favorite HTML editor? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 25, 2005, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160 "2005-03-25T05:10:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SiouxChief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/1 "2005-03-25T05:10:48Z")
I’m going to be doing a lot of web development soon, and haven’t yet found the perfect, ultimate web page editor. What’s your favorite? It doesn’t have to be WYSIWYG, but it would be nice if it supports code-completion / Intellisense and code collapsing. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/2 "2005-03-25T05:58:27Z")
WYSIWYG - [Dreamweaver](http://macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/?promoid=home_prod_dw_082403) Code Level - [HomeSite](http://macromedia.com/software/homesite/) ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/3 "2005-03-25T09:29:26Z")
Notepad ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/4 "2005-03-25T09:31:09Z")
UltraEdit-32 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/5 "2005-03-25T12:12:52Z")
Wordpad, baby. Raw code for raw people! ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/6 "2005-03-25T13:50:57Z")
Adobe Go live is what I use. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/7 "2005-03-25T14:09:11Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Wordpad, baby. Raw code for raw people! Wordpad - Ha! I burning your Wordpad! Like **LouisB** , I use Notepad. No muss, no fuss. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/8 "2005-03-25T14:09:31Z")
EditPlus. It’s basically a text editor with plugins for syntax highlighting. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/9 "2005-03-25T14:34:20Z")
xemacs in HTML mode. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/10 "2005-03-25T14:53:24Z")
[CuteHtml](http://www.globalscape.com/cutehtml/) ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/11 "2005-03-25T17:14:46Z")
What’s my favorite? gvim But that’s not a recommendation unless you’re a fellow vi-head. ---
**Author:** ![Jammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@Jammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jammer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/12 "2005-03-25T17:37:31Z")
I’m another Dreamweaver fan, because it allows me to easily bounce between raw code and WYSIWYG modes. I also use UltraEdit sometimes as well, but more for when I need to do very specific tasks like weird global search & replace problems, etc. Jammer ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/13 "2005-03-25T17:43:26Z")
1. Visual Studio .NET 2. HomeSite 3. Notepad ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/14 "2005-03-25T17:54:09Z")
1. Visual SlickEdit 2. Visual Studio 3. Notepad ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/15 "2005-03-25T18:02:16Z")
Textpad. Notepad when I’m feeling oldschool. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/16 "2005-03-25T18:58:41Z")
Textpad on the windows side emacs on unix ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/17 "2005-03-25T19:54:08Z")
Notepad, baby. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/18 "2005-03-25T22:50:15Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > [CuteHtml](http://www.globalscape.com/cutehtml/) Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/19 "2005-03-25T22:55:29Z")
Now, Notepad. In my mac days, BBEdit. BBEdit ruled. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160/20 "2005-03-25T22:56:42Z")
My favorite HTML editor is 5’7", with dark brown hair and legs that won’t quit. Her name is Katherine, and she’s hot. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-html-editor/296160.md?page=2)