The Bottom Line
With the same great features as 3.0 and lots of new improvements, Homesite 4.0 offers all that a Web developer could want in an editor.
Pros
- code sweeper changes any HTML to your style
- HTML checking to watch for old code
- custom shortcuts for nearly anything
Cons
- Some problems with FTP connectivity
Description
- HomeSite doesn't change your tags, or add anything to your pages.
- HomeSite comes with some excellent support manuals included in the software.
- All the tag dialog boxes now have CSS and dHTML attributes included.
- Like all the newer word processors, HomeSite 4.0 will validate your spelling as you type.
- HTML is easy to read and review on-screen as all the tags are color coded.
- Extended search and replace - search across files, folders, or projects and do replaces quickly.
- Manage multiple projects at once - files stay together so you can maintain them easily.
- Integration with tools like MS SourceSafe and PVCS.
Guide Review - Allaire Homesite 4.0
Allaire just released the latest version of their superior HTML editor, HomeSite, version 4.0. This version shares all the "WYSIWYN" (What You See is What You Need) features of older versions of HomeSite, but with special additions that make it even easier to use. HomeSite is a text editor based HTML editor. It expects you to know a little bit about HTML. However, even if you don't know much about HTML, HomeSite will help you with tag tips, tag insight, and tag completion. If you want to write clean, fast HTML, then you should have HomeSite. This is one of the best HTML text editors on the market, and that is why I am giving HomeSite 4.0 the "Best of the Net" award from the HTML site from About.
