Open Source HTML Editors
These are the resources that Jo Hart johart1.edublogs.org
and I used in the Open Source HTML Editors Elluminate session on 8 May 2009.
| Simple text editor |
KWrite
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Notepad |
- Universally available
- Requires in-depth knowledge of HTML and a good amount of CSS
- No in-built preview facility
- Runs quickly
- The resulting HTML is as good or as bad as you write it
- No in-built validator
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| KompoZer |
http://www.kompozer.net/download.php |
- Easy to use
- Takes a little bit of learning
- Windows and Linux and MacOS X
- Has a preview facility
- Will run on most computers
- No knowledge of HTML or CSS is needed
- Produces HTML that is properly structured
- Produces HTML that is cluttered
- Has a built-in HTML validator
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| Amaya |
http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/BinDist.html |
- Slightly harder to use
- Quirky interface
- Working knowledge of XHTML and CSS needed to get the best out of it
- Windows and Linux and MacOS X
- Runs a bit more slowly
- Will run on most computers
- Produces HTML and XHTML that is properly structured
- Produces very little clutter
- Has a built-in XHTML validator
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| OpenOffice Writer |
http://www.openoffice.org/ |
- Easy to use
- Windows and Linux
- Runs a bit more slowly
- Will run on most computers
- Produces HTML that is properly structured
- Produces HTML that is very bloated
- Not recommended for producing web pages
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