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HTML5 Editors

HTML text editors are used to create and modify web pages. HTML codes can be written in any text editors including the notepad. One just needs to write HTML in any text editor and save the file with an extension ".html" or ".htm".

Some of the popular HTML text editors are given below:

  • Notepad
  • Notepad++
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Sublime Text 3
  • Atom
  • Garuda

Notepad: Notepad is a simple text editor. It is an inbuilt desktop application available in Windows OS.

Notepad: Notepad++ is a text editor and source code editor for use under Microsoft Windows. It supports around 80 programming languages with syntax highlighting and code folding. It allows working with multiple open files in a single window, thanks to its tabbed editing interface. Notepad++ is available under GPL and distributed as free software.

Download the latest version of Notepad++ from https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/

Visual Studio Code: Visual Studio Code is a streamlined code editor with support for development operations like debugging, task running, and version control. It aims to provide just the tools a developer needs for a quick code-build-debug cycle and leaves more complex workflows to fuller featured IDEs, such as Visual Studio IDE.


Steps to write HTML code in Editor:

1)Open any of the text editors of your choice. Here we are using the notepad text editor.

2)Create new file: File->New File or Ctrl+N.

3)Write HTML code in text editor.

4)Save the file with a suitable name of your choice and .html extension.


5)Open the saved HTML file in your favourite browser (double click on the file, or right-click – and choose "Open with").