Best authoring tool

[Roman]

Hello group,

I'm wondering which authoring tool would be most flexible and useful for
large websites using only html, css and javascrip.

So far I've tried Dreamweaver MX, but have heard BBEdit is also good. What
do you think?

[Michael Vilain]

Re: Best authoring tool

In article <1112515372.0ec 3eda8b6039336b6 c6eaa72149c098@ teranews>,
Roman <roman@none.com > wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hello group,
>
> I'm wondering which authoring tool would be most flexible and useful for
> large websites using only html, css and javascrip.
>
> So far I've tried Dreamweaver MX, but have heard BBEdit is also good. What
> do you think?[/color]

They do different things. Dreamweaver will allow for WYSIWYG as well as
code editing. BBEdit is a text editor with additional features to do
HTML/CSS/Java/Javascript and many other languages.

I think you'd be better served by forgetting about seeking the "best" of
anything. "That way lies madness" or at least a lot of disappointment
in your life.

I, myself, accept "good enough" and "does the job". If "Mikee likes it"
is also in there, I'm a happy camper.

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[SamMan]

Re: Best authoring tool

"Michael Vilain" <vilain@spamcop .net> wrote in message
news:vilain-6A8C1C.00281503 042005@comcast. dca.giganews.co m...[color=blue]
> In article <1112515372.0ec 3eda8b6039336b6 c6eaa72149c098@ teranews>,
> Roman <roman@none.com > wrote:
>
>
> They do different things. Dreamweaver will allow for WYSIWYG as well as
> code editing. BBEdit is a text editor with additional features to do
> HTML/CSS/Java/Javascript and many other languages.
>
> I think you'd be better served by forgetting about seeking the "best" of
> anything. "That way lies madness" or at least a lot of disappointment
> in your life.
>
> I, myself, accept "good enough" and "does the job". If "Mikee likes it"
> is also in there, I'm a happy camper.
>[/color]

I agree... the "best" is what ever works best for you... Be it Dreamweaver,
notepad, or Geocities editor (OK, I've crossed the line on that one ;-) ).


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[Trammel]

Re: Best authoring tool

I'd go with Notepad though... using PHP-include modules for any function /
information that might be duplicated.

If you put everything in its own named include file then call them from your
..php file in the right order - I find it quite easy to do large-scale
projects in Notepad ;)


"SamMan" <sam@psfdevri p-it.com> wrote in message
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> "Michael Vilain" <vilain@spamcop .net> wrote in message
> news:vilain-6A8C1C.00281503 042005@comcast. dca.giganews.co m...[color=green]
> > In article <1112515372.0ec 3eda8b6039336b6 c6eaa72149c098@ teranews>,
> > Roman <roman@none.com > wrote:
> >
> >
> > They do different things. Dreamweaver will allow for WYSIWYG as well as
> > code editing. BBEdit is a text editor with additional features to do
> > HTML/CSS/Java/Javascript and many other languages.
> >
> > I think you'd be better served by forgetting about seeking the "best" of
> > anything. "That way lies madness" or at least a lot of disappointment
> > in your life.
> >
> > I, myself, accept "good enough" and "does the job". If "Mikee likes it"
> > is also in there, I'm a happy camper.
> >[/color]
>
> I agree... the "best" is what ever works best for you... Be it[/color]
Dreamweaver,[color=blue]
> notepad, or Geocities editor (OK, I've crossed the line on that one[/color]
) ).[color=blue]
>
>
> --
> SamMan
> Rip it to reply
>
>
>[/color]

[c.thornquist]

Re: Best authoring tool


"Trammel" <Me@Server.co m> wrote in message
news:8ZX3e.2592 3$Nr5.17706@fe2 .news.blueyonde r.co.uk...[color=blue]
> I'd go with Notepad though... using PHP-include modules for any function /
> information that might be duplicated.
>[/color]

HTML editors help with speed when working on large sites. If he used Notepad
he'd be typing more code.

If you have the time, download as many HTML editors as you can that get good
reviews. Tucows has a large selection. Then open the same page from your
site in each & play with editing. Adding images, links, tables, etc.

I've used Coffee Cup's HTML Editor for years. It was more intuitive, for me,
than the rest. But you may find Dreamweaver more intuitive. Or some other
editor.

Carla

[Leif K-Brooks]

Re: Best authoring tool

Trammel wrote:[color=blue]
> I'd go with Notepad though... using PHP-include modules for any function /
> information that might be duplicated.
>
> If you put everything in its own named include file then call them from your
> .php file in the right order - I find it quite easy to do large-scale
> projects in Notepad ;)[/color]

No syntax highlighting? No automatic indenting? No thank you!

[Peter1968]

Re: Best authoring tool

Roman wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello group,
>
> I'm wondering which authoring tool would be most flexible and useful for
> large websites using only html, css and javascrip.
>
> So far I've tried Dreamweaver MX, but have heard BBEdit is also good. What
> do you think?
>[/color]

Crimson Editor. Good for more than just HTML too.

http://www.crimsoneditor.com/

[Danny@Kendal]

Re: Best authoring tool

"Roman" <roman@none.com > wrote in message
news:1112515372 .0ec3eda8b60393 36b6c6eaa72149c 098@teranews...[color=blue]
> Hello group,
>
> I'm wondering which authoring tool would be most flexible and useful for
> large websites using only html, css and javascrip.
>
> So far I've tried Dreamweaver MX, but have heard BBEdit is also good. What
> do you think?[/color]

I like the text editor HTML-Kit from www.chami.com

[Patrick Van Esch]

Re: Best authoring tool

Roman <roman@none.com > wrote in message news:<111251537 2.0ec3eda8b6039 336b6c6eaa72149 c098@teranews>. ..[color=blue]
> Hello group,
>
> I'm wondering which authoring tool would be most flexible and useful for
> large websites using only html, css and javascrip.
>
> So far I've tried Dreamweaver MX, but have heard BBEdit is also good. What
> do you think?[/color]

I have to say I don't have so much experience with different tools,
but what I appreciate greatly with Dreamweaver (I'm more used to 4,
but MX is even better) is the site management: when you reorganize
your site, (classifying files in new directories, changing filenames,
moving stuff form one place to another...) dreamweaver updates
automatically all links. On a messy site with hundreds of pages,
that's a great help, which you don't have with text editors. But
maybe other authoring tools do that too, I don't know.

[Lauri Raittila]

Re: Best authoring tool

in comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.html, Roman wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello group,
>
> I'm wondering which authoring tool would be most flexible[/color]

Emacs.
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> and useful for large websites using only html, css and javascrip.[/color]

You should use some kind of preprosessing. What kind, that is up to
you...

Especially if you do something like common menu on each page...
[color=blue]
> So far I've tried Dreamweaver MX, but have heard BBEdit is also good. What
> do you think?[/color]

If you have time to learn, I would choose emacs.

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[William J. Tcherust]

Re: Best authoring tool

Lauri,

I do have time; what is emac? Any links?

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>
> If you have time to learn, I would choose emacs.[/color]

[Michael Vilain]

Re: Best authoring tool

In article <1112670428.546 c56720f0bb0075e e4c43f97914411@ teranews>,
"William J. Tcherust" <william@work.c om> wrote:
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> I do have time; what is emac? Any links?
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> >
> > If you have time to learn, I would choose emacs.[/color][/color]

What's wrong, google broken?

http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

http://www.xemacs.org/

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[Jan Roland Eriksson]

Re: Best authoring tool

On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 22:06:54 -0500, "William J. Tcherust"
<william@work.c om> wrote:
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>I do have time; what is emac?[/color]

It's "Emacs", and it's anything you want it to be, from a rather
simple to use text editor, through a full fledged OP-system shell and
up to a full sized religion (to some people :-)
[color=blue]
>Any links?[/color]

<http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html>

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[Jim Jaworski]

Re: Best authoring tool

Roman wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello group,
>
> I'm wondering which authoring tool would be most flexible and useful for
> large websites using only html, css and javascrip.
>
> So far I've tried Dreamweaver MX, but have heard BBEdit is also good. What
> do you think?
>[/color]

I've been using TSW WebCoder 5 since last October. It can handle HTML,
CSS, PHP and Javascript.

It's completely freeware. There is a Pro version which includes access
to documentation, but it's not really needed because the program is
very easy to learn.

http://www.tsware.net/

[Adrienne]

Re: Best authoring tool

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Jim Jaworski <jjaworsk@mts.n et>
writing in news:1Mr4e.3052 $Mj.25048@news1 .mts.net:
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> Roman wrote:[color=green]
>> Hello group,
>>
>> I'm wondering which authoring tool would be most flexible and useful
>> for large websites using only html, css and javascrip.
>>
>> So far I've tried Dreamweaver MX, but have heard BBEdit is also good.
>> What do you think?
>>[/color]
>
> I've been using TSW WebCoder 5 since last October. It can handle HTML,
> CSS, PHP and Javascript.
>
> It's completely freeware. There is a Pro version which includes access
> to documentation, but it's not really needed because the program is
> very easy to learn.
>
> http://www.tsware.net/
>[/color]

Looks interesting.

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