A HTML Editor is a tool for editing your HTML. These can be simple text editors such as Notepad within Windows, but it’s best to get a text editor or a source code editor that has HTML Syntax Highlighting for HTML Development.

What is HTML Syntax Highlighting? Well basically HTML Syntax Highlighting highlights the tags within the HTML such as the <table> tag or the <div> tag etc. this is so that it is easier to read and therefore develop your HTML.

Text Editors and Source Code Editors have different functionality that you can leverage, such as the ability to work with other programming languages apart from HTML, such as JavaScript, CSS, XML, Java, ActionScript or other programming languages, using the syntax highlighting that maybe included within that editor.

Other common functionality that could be included within a editor could be:

The list of functionality within a text editor / source code editor that you will use as a HTML Editor is extensive, and it’s worth reviewing the html editor you get to see which functionalities will be most valuable to yourself.
It’s worth investigating HTML Editors, as after a while of using different HTML editors you will develop a preference for one! As all developers do :)

I’m a fan of Notepad++! But there are loads of great HTML Editors out there!

I’ve listed some Free HTML Editors that are worth browsing. If this is your first time looking at HTML Editors it will most likely not be your last i.e. You’ll try out a few before you stick with one editor to use as your HTML Editor.

Many thanks to Wikipedia for the descriptions of each of the editors, and good luck on your HTML journey if you’re following one of our HTML Tutorials.

You’ll love HTML by the end of it! If not aleardy.

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