To create a web page we don't really need much paraphernalia, it is more with a simple text editor like the notepad we can already build our code and the skeleton of our page. However, there are applications that make this task much easier for us and save us a lot of time with a large number of additional options, be it contextual help with the labels we use, the possibility of accessing the preview of what we are creating or any type of accessories.
Today we will share with you a selection of 6 free code editors and I'm sure that many of you will find them like a glove to work on your web projects.
Coffee Cup Free Editor
It is a multiplatform application (available for both Windows and Mac systems) totally free and that covers a large number of needs, among them the contextual help it offers for writing the code or access to the preview of our result as we are writing it. It also offers a premium mode with more benefits and accessories.
TextWrangler
Most Mac users who dedicate themselves to web design surely know it because it is a totally free alternative that works on HTML, CSS and JavaScript and that has also been very well received by designers, although the truth is that it arrives a moment when something small remains and is limited.
TextMate
Just as Text Wrangler is well known in the Mac environment, it is also widely accepted and is also free. It offers a considerable variety of options and tools for being free software. To face simple jobs it can be tremendously useful.
Compozer
This option is completely free and also compatible with all operating systems. Among its strengths we find the possibility of accessing the preview of our page while we write our code, a good structure of the interface with several tabs and the specific edition of CSS.
Aptana Studio
Besides being free, it is also multiplatform and has a large number of strengths to take into account. Its main features include support for different browsers, contextual help when writing the code and its compatibility with different languages. Among them php or Python.
Notepad + +
This application is only available for the Windows operating system and although it already offers many options, it has the possibility of adding plugins to increase its functionality. At a visual level it is very useful since it structures all the information in a tremendously graphic way and has all the functionalities that Aptana Studio has. It can be a very good option, especially if we are going to get to work on a quick code edition.
Visual Studio Code is also free, and much more stable and advanced than almost all the others, highlighting the support for ASP.NET. And Microsoft's support is always a plus.