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Do you know a free HTML editor with real time preview in adjacent pane?
daddydave:
It may be somewhere on MS site for download, Bing search hasn't revealed it yet.
-johnnylately (June 11, 2010, 09:51 AM)
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Google made it the first result for sharepoint designer free
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=baa3ad86-bfc1-4bd4-9812-d9e710d44f42&displaylang=en
In Bing it's the second result.
Google has always been better at searching the Microsoft web site, IMO.
tabletguy:
Although not a "full time" editor, Firefox with firebug does give real time editing of HTML and viewing. Good for small and quick sanity checks.
Stylizer (http://www.skybound.ca/) is focused on CSS, but it does have real time preview of changes, and is a good adjunct. It has both a free and paid version.
Topstyle 4 (http://svanas.dynip.com/topstyle/) isn't actually free, but the trial doesn't expire, and I find I keep trying it out for little things. It does do live (with adjustable delay) previews. It also has a feature to split out a style-sheet from existing HTML pages, etc.
Have you tried out Netbeans or Eclipse? They're both quite a bit more than just an "html editor" but they are free :) I haven't tried either of these specifically for web development yet. Looking at the plug-ins available, Netbeans has a "Web Preview" plug-in.
(I'm not affiliated with any of the above)
Also, have you already checked out http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-html-editor.htm ?
johnnylately:
It may be somewhere on MS site for download, Bing search hasn't revealed it yet.
-johnnylately (June 11, 2010, 09:51 AM)
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Google made it the first result for sharepoint designer free
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=baa3ad86-bfc1-4bd4-9812-d9e710d44f42&displaylang=en
In Bing it's the second result.
Google has always been better at searching the Microsoft web site, IMO.
-daddydave (June 11, 2010, 09:58 AM)
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Google pwns Bing for microsoft.com searches lol!
steeladept:
Sorry I did not respond sooner. I am really surprised no one mentioned Microsoft Visual Web Developer. It allows for everything you mention and the Express version is free (and does have the same requested features).
It is simple as using the Split view (which can be made default by going to Tools>Options and going into the HTML Designer. Choose the appropriate options and you are on your way).
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In my usage, there is a very slight delay as it updates in the other screen, but I would guess that would occur on any program like this.
nepaltom:
In May lanux128 mentioned Amaya - there was no reaction on this proposal. But it's a real interesting editor/browser project by the W3C. You should try this. It works in both directions: preview on your code-changes and WYSIWYG editing with live code preview.
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