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title: HTML Editors
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### HTML editors
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An `HTML editor` is a program for editing `HTML` markup language. HTML editors can be created and modified HTML document.
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However, for leraning HTML we recomended simple text editor like Notepad (Windows PC) or TextEdit (Mac).
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* Simple text editor is good way to learn HTML for beginners.
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* There are two main varieties of HTML editors: textual and WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editors.
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### Text editor
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Basic text editor is source code editors, include additional tools specifically geared toward handling code.
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### WYSIWYG editors
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HTML editors that support What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) paradigm provide a user interface similar to a word processor for creating HTML documents, alternative to manual coding for editing HTML documents.
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### Write HTML using Notepad or TextEdit
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follow the below four steps to create your first web page with Notepad or TextEdit.
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* * *
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#### Step 1: Open Notepad (Windows PC)
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**Windows 8 or later:**
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1. Open the **Start Screen** (the window symbol at the bottom left on your screen).
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Type **Notepad**.
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**Windows 7 or earlier:**
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1. Open **Start > Programs > Accessories > Notepad**
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#### Step 1: Open TextEdit (Mac)
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1. Open **Finder > Applications > TextEdit**
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2. Also change some preferences to get the application to save files correctly.
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In **Preferences > Format >** choose **"Plain Text"**
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3. Then under "Open and Save", check the box that says "Display HTML files as HTML code instead of formatted text".
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4. Then open a new document to place the code.
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#### Step 2: Write Some HTML
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Write or copy some HTML into Notepad.
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```HTML
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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<html>
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<body>
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<h1>My First Heading</h1>
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<p>My first paragraph.</p>
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</body>
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</html>
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```
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#### Step 3: Save the HTML Page
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1. Save the file on your computer. Select **File > Save** as in the Notepad menu.
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2. Name the file **"index.html"** and set the encoding to **UTF-8**
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(which is the preferred encoding for HTML files).
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> You can use either .htm or .html as file extension. There is no difference, it is up
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> to you.
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#### Step 4: View the HTML Page in Your Browser
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Open the saved HTML file in your favorite browser (double click on the file, or right-click - and choose "Open with").
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### List of Editors (Open-source and Commercial softwares)
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* [Eclipse](https://www.eclipse.org)
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* [Atom](https://atom.io)
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* [WebStorm](https://www.jetbrains.com)
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* [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/)
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* [NetBeans](http://netbeans.apache.org/)
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* [Brackets](http://brackets.io)
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* [EditPlus](https://editplus.com/)
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* [Sublimetext](https://www.sublimetext.com)
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#### More Information:
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<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_editor' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Wikipedia HTML editors<table> tag</a>
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<a href='https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_editors.asp' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>W3schools HTML Editors<table> tag</a>
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