Hand code all the way At the moment, I use Kate editor (Xubuntu). When I used Windows, I was using ConTEXT editor or Notepad++.
Kind of random but what is the diff between Xubuntu and Ubuntu? I have used Ubuntu but not sure what the diffs are.
Always have been for more years than I care to remember -- have used HTML-Kit (free) for coding HTML (and derivitives), CSS, PHP, XML, RDF since their inceptionj -- I validate all coding as a matter of course. James
Coda. What a fantastic looking editor, shame it appears to only be for the MAC. Is this the case? It's tools like this that would actually make me seriously invest in purchasing a MAC JUST for select applications, producing dance music via Ableton & Logic Pro being the other. The other thing I must comment on is the CODA site itself is gorgous and I love the left and right arrow javascript web scrolling they've got going on there. Nice find all round, Regards, Rich. p.s I suppose CODA works better app and domain name wise as what would they have come up with otherwise? "1 window web devlopment.com" ?
Makes things much simpler if you do a little of both. Code with an editor and manually code throughout your design when needed.
The main difference is the desktop environment, xubuntu uses xfce while ubuntu uses gnome. kubuntu uses kde.
I use a lot of compilers and hand code as well. Most of the time the compliers are used for visually checking image slices in tables.
I use Notepad++ IMO, WYSIWYG editors add truck-loads of junk code to your (maybe) already confusing code. But it's a good way for beginners to start learning, maybe that's why they still have a market
I use notepad++, I might try some other programs for windows but after using dreamweaver I prefer hand coding.
I've been hand coding for at least 8 years--currently using BBedit. WYSIWYGs all put out code bloat, deprecated code and lousy incorporation of CSS. Most of the crippled sites I've redesigned were originally written with WYSIWYGs. 'nuff said.