HTML editors

An HTML editor (or web editor) is a software designed to facilitate the preparation and editing of documents written in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). An HTML document is the main component of a web page. There are two categories of editors :

WYSIWYG editors
Text editors

Editing images, animations and sound are made with the appropriate software. An HTML editor is used only to provide these resources in a Web page.

Pages offering more simple information is usually generated by the application software specific to websites. These programs frequently use PHP, ASP, JSP, CGI or Perl technologies, and are published with the appropriate software.

WYSIWYG editors

A WYSIWYG editor allows you to edit a web page as it appears in current browsers. It offers the traditional functions of WYSIWYG word processors. Its two main advantages are the ease of use and immediate observation of graphics rendering. Its two main disadvantages are the lack of control over the quality of the HTML document and the risks of incompatibility with browsers not provided by the publisher (newer, older or less common).

Adobe GoLive
Adobe Dreamweaver (formerly Macromedia Dreamweaver )
BlueGriffon
Easy Web Composer
Komodo
KompoZer
Microsoft Expression ( formerly Microsoft FrontPage )
Mozilla Composer
Netlor
OPEN BEXI HTML Builder
TOWeb
WebAcappella

Text editors

These editors edit directly in HTML. Code appears and is treated as text. Therefore they require competence in this language. In return, they allow a knowledgeable user to ensure the quality of the document.

Bluefish
Ecoder
Htmledit
HTML Kit
Isofting eWriter Wisto
Notepad + +
PSPad
Quanta +
SciTE

WYSIWYG editors with access to text mode

These editors allow you to fill the main drawback of WYSIWYG editors, meaning the degree of freedom to customize layout too restrictive by combining the two editors listed above.