Best program to use to code css/xhtml?

I was just wondering who uses what when theyre coding their designs. Usually I just make the design and give it to my coder to code, but recently I figured I could save those extra bucks by coding it myself. I've been using Notepad++, but I want to hear what people find as the fastest and easiest method of coding.

Thanks

 

Vim, emacs, or similar editors. There's a learning curve to the editors I just mentioned.. you won't learn it in a day. Took me a week or two, but once you learn its hella faster than any normal text editor that anyone else would recommend. There's thousands of shortcuts, all customizable if you know perl or are just good at programming in general.

You can do things at multiple times the speed someone using a normal editor would. It's kinda like using steroids except no side-effects.. heh

 

anything for windows?

 

yes, there is a vim for windows

 

I find vi and all of it's offshoots too cryptic for it's own damned good - if I wanted cryptic and useless key combinations I'd still be using wordstar shortcuts.

I also find that a lot of the 'fancier' editors are fat, bloated, slow and worst of all, bogged down with features I DON'T WANT. Syntax highlighting? Sure, make the code impossible to read by coloring it like an acid trip. Tabbed editing? Probably cute if you are stuck on a crappy little 800x600 display, but if you have an actual development workstation with three monitors spanning 4480x1200 having all the editor boxes locked to one crappy little window sucks ass (besides, I know how to actually USE the taskbar). The auto-formatters do more harm than good, and don't even get me STARTED about the CRAP that is auto-complete.

So I use win32pad - I've never needed or even wanted more. Memory footprint the same or even smaller than notepad, adds a couple minor 'missing' features (group tab controls, tab width setting, line numbers) without all the extra unneeded bullshit.

 

Maybe it is just me, but I really like the syntax highlighting. It makes the code easier for me to read at a glance, and quickly distinguish between content and code.

For Windows, I really like ConTEXT. It also has a compare files feature that I really like as well.

 

Vim is cool but I like Zend Studio best for the time beeing

 

Zend is written in Java no? Like a lot of Java apps, eats up your resources (own experience)

 

i find some code highlighting helpful...like the default in Notepad++ its not too much that it makes the text all blurred like deathshadow says, yet it helps distinguish text from code, styles from formatting...and he also does have a point there about workstation size... and the autocomplete...yes it is more of a pain than of help.

 

Yes, good point. I have found it to be a bit slow on some systems.

 

Uhm. Can't imagine anyone who doesn't use syntax highlighting. That's like playing outside without shoes on IMO. Necessity, so I shouldn't even need to know if the text editor HAS support for it..

 

I use PSPad on Windows and Bluefish on Linux.

 

I use crimson editor. really simple, but I like it.