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Vipralion · 05-21-2008, 02:38 AM

I'm definitely going to have to recommend Notepad++ over Notepad2. Though your recommendation is very light and easy to use, Notepad++ is much more robust featuring all that Notepad2 has in addition to offering, what I see as the killer features, TABS!

I've been using it for so long now. I've done DreamWeaver, meh. Done Expression Web, meh. Nothing beats the ease of use in coding everything yourself. WYSIWYG is nice but not absolutely necessary. It's much more reliable to edit your code, and view it in an actual browser, especially when working with PHP or other scripts.

Expression Web is getting there though. Has the tabs, the languages, FTP management, etc. PHP support comes in Expression 2 so there's potential there. As for DreamWeaver... never been a fan. Always been the do it yourself coder.

Oh ya! Link! Notepad++ @ SourceForge.

05-21-2008, 02:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
Vipralion Status: Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: SD, United States Posts: 71	I'm definitely going to have to recommend Notepad++ over Notepad2. Though your recommendation is very light and easy to use, Notepad++ is much more robust featuring all that Notepad2 has in addition to offering, what I see as the killer features, TABS! I've been using it for so long now. I've done DreamWeaver, meh. Done Expression Web, meh. Nothing beats the ease of use in coding everything yourself. WYSIWYG is nice but not absolutely necessary. It's much more reliable to edit your code, and view it in an actual browser, especially when working with PHP or other scripts. Expression Web is getting there though. Has the tabs, the languages, FTP management, etc. PHP support comes in Expression 2 so there's potential there. As for DreamWeaver... never been a fan. Always been the do it yourself coder. Oh ya! Link! Notepad++ @ SourceForge.