Anyone who has hand-coded HTML (I know, oldskool) has wished for a tool like this real-time HTML editor, though regrettably the days of hardcore hand-coding HTML are pretty much over. I still code HTML in my free time just for the tactile feel of simple code beneath my fingers and remembering the old day before things got easy.
Real-time HTML Editor puts your code into practice as soon as (and somewhat before) you type it. Through the power of AJAX, HTML is now more fun. This tool is obviously not for serious coding, but it can help a noob learn the basics or help you text a small script, such as a MySpace layout or something nonsensical like that. I checked it out for the nostalgic value more than anything, so if that is your brand of suck tape, give it a whirl.
Tags: code, coding, HTML, programming, script, scripting, tools, XHTML
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Subscribe to commentsderrickSep 25th 2006 11:25AM
Seems similar to the preview window in Dreamweaver which was, and still is, a huge help to me when I was first learning to code HTML.
DiddleSep 25th 2006 12:08PM
I still hand-code and I love it. No superfluous tags here!
MDSep 25th 2006 2:14PM
So, as a hobby I hand-code websites for family/friends. This is apparently oldskool ... so I was curious what "professional" web designers use when making websites?
Ryan CarterSep 25th 2006 2:22PM
PHP, Ruby, Python, DreamWeaver (many languages), ASP.NET 2.0, various CMS systems written in a variety of languages for example.
MDSep 25th 2006 2:27PM
Thanks for the reply. I guess I use some PHP too ... but you still need to know HTML for some of those others, no?
When you use DreamWeaver or CMS systems, do the final products seem to look the same? Sort of "cookie-cutter"?
CruddySep 25th 2006 6:24PM
Hand-coded HTML is a thing of the past? you're telling me something new here. I tried Dreamweaver but I always get the feeling I spent more time fighting with that program than doing actually work.
Mike BijonSep 25th 2006 7:19PM
No hand-coding is bull - myself and most of the coders who work for me spend more time re-coding the garbage that designers give us - which is typically outputted by Dreamweaver... Once it's in HTML, then we get to add all the ASP.NET, PHP, CFML, and/or AJAX/javascript - and typically need to hand-tweak whatever those editors output too.
If our designers spent one tenth as much time worrying about HTML as they do about color combos - this tool would be great for them. If only because they don't seem to ever preview their design in anything other than their "not-quite-a-browser" Dreamweaver design-view.
-Mike
www.sinpies.com
whatevsSep 25th 2006 8:09PM
Yeah, another great example of the cluelessness of Ryan Carter. Dude, just about *every* serious web developer hand-codes. I don't know any that don't. *Some* might use dreamweaver, but they'll use it in Code view 90% of the time.
Meanwhile, "designers" aren't going to be doing much with python or ruby ... *developers* might, but not designers.
*Writers* and *editors* (supposedly, you are one of these) use CMSes. Designers/developers might install or write templates for them, but they're not using a CMS to generate the design of the site.
If you want to be a respected technical writer at least spend five minutes educating yourself or fact-checking your blurbs before you post them.
Ryan CarterSep 25th 2006 8:26PM
@whatevs - You really should take your meds before you start bashing people. I hand-code stuff every day in many languages (PHP/ASP/HTML/XHTML/XML/MySQL/MSSQL, etc). This post is about *HTML* only. You may want to go back and actually read the post first. Not many people will find this *HTML only* tool useful for serious development, because it doesn't give you all the features most *professionals* need to write anything substantial (which is what I said). Anyone writing serious web code uses PHP, ASP, Java, maybe a bit of ColdFusion, and many of us *designers/developers* use and develop entire CMS systems, not just templates. Dreamweaver is beside the point, as I said it does many languages, but even then many people don't hand code stuff, it just isn't practical. I don't use it because it gets in the way. You try writing anything big, like a CMS, like a blogging system in HTML only, no Javascript, no PHP/ASP and see how far you get. Seriously, take your meds, please for all our sakes.