A good editor

Please pardon my jumping in here but are any of these editors WYSIWYG for
the HTML? I am kind of hoping that there is something on the market that
would be something I can easily preview the HTML in and test the pages.
Right now I am writing using notepad and testing on the server.




"Nick Mudge" <mark1822.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Hi,
 >
 > I want to do some Web development using HTML, Javascript, PHP and MySQL.
 > Does anybody recommend any good editors to use in this Web development.
 > Something that works well and makes development faster and easier but
 > doesn't take away the power of writing code?
 >
 > Nick<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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 > Please pardon my jumping in here but are any of these editors
WYSIWYG for
  > the HTML? I am kind of hoping that there is something on the market
that
  > would be something I can easily preview the HTML in and test the
pages.
  > Right now I am writing using notepad and testing on the server.
  >
  >
  >
  >
  > "Nick Mudge" <mark1822.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
  > news:GZxAc.67559$HG.2622@attbi_s53...
   > > Hi,
   > >
   > > I want to do some Web development using HTML, Javascript, PHP and
MySQL.
   > > Does anybody recommend any good editors to use in this Web
development.
   > > Something that works well and makes development faster and easier
but
   > > doesn’t take away the power of writing code?
   > >
   > > Nick</font>
Both zend and nusphere allow you to preview your resulting page in web
browser window. They are php dev. environments, and good at it, but
they are not full-fledged html editors. So one has to look at
Dreamweaver or alike for html composition.

Starting with notpad would be a tough proposition. With popular
scripting langugages (php, asp, etc.) you can usually start with a
pre-existing script (usually free!) and modify that. Do you really
need to start from scratch?

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No, thank god.

I have to modify osCommerce and the BULK of my work is going to be reworking
the UI portion of it. I bascially want to leave the php processing intact.
Based on what I am seeing so far, I need to physically modify the php files
to modify the look of the site (as opposed to teh site being based on
templates) although that could be wrong. I am trying to learn all of this on
an emergency basis which, to say the least, is somewhat challenging. I was
kind of hoping to find an editor that would help me along my way...






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  > > Please pardon my jumping in here but are any of these editors
 > WYSIWYG for
  > > the HTML? I am kind of hoping that there is something on the market
 > that
  > > would be something I can easily preview the HTML in and test the
 > pages.
  > > Right now I am writing using notepad and testing on the server.
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > > "Nick Mudge" <mark1822 DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
  > > news:GZxAc.67559$HG.2622@attbi_s53...
   > > > Hi,
   > > >
   > > > I want to do some Web development using HTML, Javascript, PHP and
 > MySQL.
   > > > Does anybody recommend any good editors to use in this Web
 > development.
   > > > Something that works well and makes development faster and easier
 > but
   > > > doesn’t take away the power of writing code?
   > > >
   > > > Nick</font>
 > Both zend and nusphere allow you to preview your resulting page in web
 > browser window. They are php dev. environments, and good at it, but
 > they are not full-fledged html editors. So one has to look at
 > Dreamweaver or alike for html composition.
 >
 > Starting with notpad would be a tough proposition. With popular
 > scripting langugages (php, asp, etc.) you can usually start with a
 > pre-existing script (usually free!) and modify that. Do you really
 > need to start from scratch?
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oooh, that is tough, specially if the program is not template based.

I suggest you add some html comment tags <! ... > to the code, and
then start modifying the code that way. The commend tags would help
you trace what you are doing in the html output file, and will add
certain degree of strucutre to the html output file.

Also I think Frontpage and other gui html editors can format your
resulting html code into proper tabbing, which is much easier to see.

The kind of change you are talking about DOES need detailed knowledge
of html, not the GUI type of knowledge, but being able to dig deep and
do things at the html level.

Great luck, and let me know if you run into any problems.

steve

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First time I've tried to post anything . . . hope I do this right. I'm
doing the same thing you are. I'm a programmer but new to PHP and MySQL.
Check out HTML-Kit. I'm impressed with it, and it's free. Unfortunately,
I only know "Windows", so I don't know if HTML-Kit is available for other
platforms.


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  > > Hi,
  > >
  > > I want to do some Web development using HTML, Javascript, PHP and
 > MySQL.
  > > Does anybody recommend any good editors to use in this Web
 > development.
  > > Something that works well and makes development faster and easier
 > but
  > > doesn’t take away the power of writing code?
  > >
  > > Nick
 > I use zend php debugger/editor, and am very happy with it ($250).
 > Helps quite a bit in writing code (auto suggestion, functions
 > expansion, etc.) but more importantly allows you to single step thru
 > your php code.
 >
 > For good HTML code editing, I suggest you look at other tools.
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Wade M. Bushaw wrote:

 > First time I've tried to post anything . . . hope I do this right. I'm
 > doing the same thing you are. I'm a programmer but new to PHP and MySQL.
 > Check out HTML-Kit. I'm impressed with it,

No i'm impressed... I do too use it, really great ftp support for
working directly on the server files... The color coding fits almost
everyone so yes, it is quite good, as it does not cost a thing, and
doesn't get you addicted to it.

Other quite good one is PSPad...

  > and it's free. Unfortunately,
 > I only know "Windows", so I don't know if HTML-Kit is available for other
 > platforms.

I don't think so. But the portability of the code shouldn't be too little.

Best regards,
Sebastian


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On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 03:08:12 +0200, Sebastian Lauwers
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 >Other quite good one is PSPad...
 >

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