Windows Text HTML EditorsText editors are HTML editors that allow you to manipulate the HTML tags directly. Some HTML text editors also include a WYSIWYG editor, while others are purely text. This is my list of the best HTML text editors for Windows. Evrsoft First Page is a free HTML editor for Windows. It is a high quality text editor, with an inline viewer to see what your pages will look like in Internet Explorer. It is advertised as completely free, but to get rid of the nag screen and get full access to all the features, you need to purchase the Pro version. The pro version includes the design view WYSIWYG editor, that is greyed out in the free version. Komodo IDE is a great tool for developers who are building more than just Web pages. It has support for a wide variety of languages including Ruby, Rails, PHP, and more. If you're building Ajax Web applications, you should take a look at this IDE. EditiX is a great XML editor. You can use it to write valid XHTML documents, but it's major strength is in the XML and XSLT functionality. NetBeans IDE is a Java IDE that can help you build robust Web applications. Like most IDEs it has a steep learning curve because they don't often work in the same way that Web editors do. But once you get used to it you'll be hooked.
XMLwriter is a powerful XML editor. It offers a lot of great features for editing and managing XML. This is a great program for Web developers who work with XML as well as their Web pages, but it's not primarily a Web editor. PHP Designer is primarily a PHP Web page editor, but as such it works really well. It has extensive support for all the features of PHP that most developers will use including database support. Notepad++ is a Notepad replacement editor that adds a lot of features to your standard text editor. Like most text editors, this is not specifically a Web editor, but can be used to edit and maintain HTML. I use this product a lot for managing my XML files, because with the XML plugin, it can check for XML errors quickly. PageBreeze Professional offers you all the features of PageBreeze Free HTML editor, but with a few extra features. You can purchase the software directly or get it free when you buy FormBreeze form processing for your Web pages. If you know you'll have a lot of Web forms to maintain, this might be a very good deal. AceHTML Freeware is a slimmed down version of AceHTML Pro. It offers a lot of great features for building and maintaining Web pages. It doesn't have tag completion turned on by default, which I find annoying. But it does default to an XHTML Web page rather than plain HTML. It detects what browsers you have installed and puts them in the browser testing window for you, which is nice, but as usual defaults to IE for preview in the tool. It also has a code evaluator that checks for errors and tells you the weight of the page. TopStyle is a CSS editor and HTML editor in one. It was built by the same person who created HomeSite and has the same quality of workmanship. You may be familiar with free versions of TopStyle CSS editor that come with various Web editors, but the pro version is a full Web page editor all by itself. If you deal with complex CSS, you'll want to check out this editor. Do you have a Web editor that you absolutely love or positively hate? Write a review of your HTML editor and let others know which editor you think is the best. | 
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