HTML documents are made of plain text, which means you can build one using a no-frills text editor like Notepad. Once upon a time, that was all Web authors used. But as the Web has eveolved, so have the tools used to create Web pages. Nowadays, Web authoring is complex enough that a simple text editor can't cut it unless

• You don't care (much) about graphics and HTML validation.
• You're on a quick in-and-out mission to make small changes to an existing HTML document.

As you gain more experience with HTML, you'll build your own HTML toolbox. This chapter should help you stock that toolbox. In fact, some of these tools may already be on your system, quietly waiting to help you create amazing Web pages.

• CNET shopper: http://shopper.cnet.com
• PC Magazine comparison shopper: http://pcmag.shopping.com
  

Page 348: Helper editors

• Homesite information http://www.adobe.com/products/homesite/

Page 349: Helper editors for Mac:

• BBEdit/TextWrangler http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/threeway.shtml

Page 350: WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors

• HTML-kit: http://www.chami.com/html-kit/
• Dreamweaver: http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/

Page 351: WYSIWYG contenders:

• Adobe GoLive: http://www.adobe.com/products/golive/
• Coffee Cup HTML Editor 2008: http://www.coffeecup.com/html-editor/
• HotDog Pro: http://www.sausage.com/hotdog-professional.html