Arachnophilia

About Arachnophilia

Arachnophilia is a text HTML editor with a lot of functionality. The color coding makes it easy to use. It has a Windows native version and a JAR file for Macintosh and Linux users. With the 5.3 release (2008), it added XHTML functionality which makes it a fine free tool for web developers. The new version came out in September 2011 and adds features like better syntax-coloring, more supported file types including Bash shell scripts and Ruby, and lots of bug fixes. If you write a lot of different languages and use several different computers, it can be useful to have the same editor on each, and Arachnophilia runs on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux because it's a Java file.

Target Market(s): Professional Web Developers

Review last updated: October 25, 2011.

Arachnophilia Version: 5.5
Score: 132
Percent: 39%
This score was generated using the methodology listed in the article: Finding the Perfect Web Editor.

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Operating System(s): Windows Macintosh Linux or UNIX

Arachnophilia Features

• Text editor
• HTML validator
• Save pages as HTML with DTD
• Write XHTML documents
• Color coding
• FTP or Site manager
• Search and replace
• Can edit JavaScript
• Additional CSS assistance
• Can edit PHP, ASP, or JSP
• Spell checking
• Upgrade discounts or freeware
• No limits on free or trial version
• No subscription fee required

What’s Missing from Arachnophilia

• WYSIWYG editor
• Accessibility validator
• CSS validator
• XML validator
• Page preview
• Alternate browser or OS preview
• Mobile device preview
• Mobile scripts, functions, or links
• Create mobile web applications
• Package mobile apps for delivery on app stores
• Write HTML 5 documents
• Tag completion
• FTP or Site manager
• FTPs or Secure FTP
• Extended search and replace (across multiple documents)
• Edit multiple files/tabbed file editing
• Edit images
• Connects to graphics software
• Multimedia functions
• Assistance with adding videos to websites
• Ability to add video and audio using HTML5 with fallback options
• Save Adobe AIR files
• Save files as PDF
• Link checker
• Special character tools
• Helps with Ajax JSON, or jQuery pages
• Can edit CSS
• CSS 3 properties and selectors
• CSS3 media queries tools built-in
• Dynamic page rendering and editing with server-side programming languages (PHP, JSP, ASP, CFM, etc.)
• Database connectivity
• Edit XML and/or RSS
• Google sitemaps
• Save snippets of code
• Writes to blogs
• Free templates
• Free scripts
• Form wizard
• Photo gallery builder
• Ecommerce tools
• SEO assistance built-in
• Captcha support or other methods of protecting forms
• Version control
• Support for teams editing the site (beyond version control)
• Customizable or extendable

Full price: Free

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