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There is a ton of questions about free HTML editors for Windows. I have a couple of specific requirements, which seem ubiquitous to me, yet, I can't seem to find any that don't suck.

So here is what I am looking for. The editor does not need to fulfill every requirement, but at least a majority of them.

  • Should have syntax coloring for both HTML and Javascript
  • Intellisense (aka statement completion) for Javascript would be a bonus.
  • Intellisense for Javascript vis-a-vis HTML5 would be great.
  • Can edit files from an FTP server seamlessly (e.g. when I press Ctrl+S, it saves the file to the FTP site in the cloud).
  • Has some type of preview window.
  • Should be a snappy startup (thus, no Eclipse or Visual Studio).
  • It can be free or not

I've used HomeSite in the past and for a product from 1997, it is absolutely fantastic, but it's showing its age. It crashes frequently under Windows 7 and lacks the knowledge about the last 12 years of Javascript.

So, is there such a thing?

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Try sublime text 2. It's a solid text editor that has most of the features you asked for (apart from preview, but just use browsers) – Raynos Jan 11 at 11:47
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The "snappy startup" can be a bit iffy since we all have different criteria regarding that. I find that Visual Web Developer Express usually starts pretty quick, since it usually doesn't have the same plugins and extensions as Visual Studio.

But your ftp-requirement can be a big deal. And it can be conquered with something like Expandrive. It's not an editor but a way to map ftp/sftp drives to a drive letter. This way you can use any editor that fits the other criteria. You could even edit your web site pictures with Paint.NET or Photoshop directly of the ftp-drive.

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I would have suggested Visual Studio/Web Developer too, until he said it should have a snappy startup :) – sinni800 Mar 7 at 10:10
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If you really don't want a full-blown IDE such as Eclipse, you might have to settle for a souped-up text editor such as Notepad++.

  • has syntax colouring
  • has code completion (need to enable it in preferences)
  • has FTP functionality via plug-in (not sure whether it does all you ask though)
  • your browser is (and should really be) your preview
  • starts up quickly
  • it's free and is being actively developed

(Personally, I'd still go with an IDE, because either your only occasionally work with HTML/JS files and then it doesn't really matter what you use, or you work with this sort of thing a LOT, in which case you might as well go the full monty.)

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Look at Codelobster PHP Edition

This free editor includes all feature you described

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