For a professional, there is only one web-editor:
NOTEPAD.
(and a good knowledge of true coding)
ALL web-editors are made to "code for you": you learn their language and syntax (and that take time, especially with dreamweaver), and they rewrite what you order into "code".
Unfortunately, not in "proper" code: it contains a lot of code that has no meaning to you.
IE: a function you would call "process_my_form()" - which has meaning to you and to any programmer - would become
"function xyz3146g2()" which has no meaning.
The samples are numerous.
The other problem is that what you develop using a web editor MUST be maintained with THAT web editor: you cannot load it in another.
Once stuck with a web editor, not only you do not learn how to code, but you are obliged to buy the regular updates, to keep your web editor "current" with web evolution.
Web editors, even dreamweaver, are always BEHIND the w3 consortium and the browsers available (it takes a few months to "adapt" to new functions and release an update)
Finally... As you progress with a web editor, and your sites are getting more and more complex, you will hit a sudden and unexpected wall: the function you want DOES NOT EXIST in the web editor, and you can't implement it without entering deep into the code written by the editor. Since the code is cryptic, you can't understand it.
Remember: it takes as long to learn a web-editor features as to learn HOW TO CODE PROPERLY!
Believe me!
Start with www.w3schools.com. Very good tutorials for beginners.
2007-09-27 23:31:24
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answered by just "JR" 7
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PSPad. Best editor ever, 100% freeware.
Edit: just "JR", I gave you a thumbs down. If you use Notepad, you are lying about being a Pro. No pro uses Notepad, it doesn't even have basic syntax highlighting, support for Unix/Mac CR and LF, and is a dead PITA for viewing HTML, let alone editing it. Editing HTML/CSS/JavaScript/ASP/PHP directly doesn't have to mean sacrificing helpful features, anybody who did more than 5 minutes of coding in Notepad would have recognized that.
2007-09-28 03:59:43
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answered by oracle128au 7
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Hi, if you like some thing for free then the link does have a very good editor.
2007-09-28 03:51:13
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answered by Leo 7
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check out http://SiteRub.com it's coming out soon, real easy to use, drag and drop, templates, can upload through ftp right there, can resize images, take screenshots etc.
For the desktop, NVU is free... suppose to be the free version of dreamweaver,
For text-editors, I use NotePad++ It's free as well.
http://weebly.com is the free version of http://SiteRub.com (if you want to make money with your website I highly recommend SiteRub, they are created by the http://WealthyAffiliates.org and these people KNOW how to make money with your website)
2007-09-28 03:48:49
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answered by Kevin 1
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dreamweaver is the best editor out there in my opinion
2007-09-28 03:52:30
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answered by JB 3
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dreamweaver?
2007-09-28 03:48:27
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answered by Anonymous
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