Web editors are numerous on the web. Many of these software applications are free and open source. Here are some recommended editors for the class. WindowsNotepad++ is among the best free editors out there and makes writing XHTML and CSS very simple through syntax highlighting and other features. It has a built-in FTP client, but if your web host requires SFTP, try WinSCP.Mac Smultron with the Cyberduck FTP/SFTP client, both of which integrate very well with each other. I use these even though I have Dreamweaver on my Macs. For CSS, It's Web DeveloperCSS is much easier to write if you can see the changes it makes. Use the Web Developer Plugin for Firefox. Just click the CSS button, and choose Edit CSS.WYSIWYG, WYSIWYG editors are strongly discouraged in this class. However, if you feel that you need to have a WYSIWYG editor nearby, give the W3C's Amaya 11.0 editor a try. Then, when you're ready, switch to one of the editors above. What About Dreamweaver? If you have access to Dreamweaver, even an old version, feel free to use it, with two caveats:
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Joy Robinson
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