A brief review of tools used to make Web pages. The web and the web development tools change so fast that this list of web development tools is out of date the instant I write it, but what can I do?
HTML Editors
- Any text editor. EGs: Emacs, gedit, Notepad, TextEdit, UltraEdit, vi.
- Adobe:
- PageMill --> Folded into GoLive
- HomeSite. Lighter than Dreamweaver.
- Contribute
- Dreamweaver
- Aptana [aptana.com]. Free (libre & gratis). --> Bah! Aptana can't even do word wrap!
- Microsoft
- Notepad
- FrontPage --> Retired and replaced with Expression
- Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express
- Visual Studio
- Mozilla
- Composer (part of the Mozilla Suite) --> Folded into the SeaMonkey suite --> Modifies your code too much.
- Nvu [nvu.com] by Linspire --> Practically retired
Through the Web WYSIWYG HTML Editors
Site Design And Management Tools
- Fusion by NetObjects
- Backstage Internet Studio by Macromedia
- WebMaster Suite by Corel
Graphic Design Tools
- Photoshop by Adobe
- Canvas by Deneba
- DeBabelizer by Equillibrium
- GIMP
- Paintshop Pro by JASC
Web Database Tools
- Cold Fusion by Allaire
- Apptiviity
- NetDynamics
Search Tools
- Search by Verity
- SWISH
- askSam
VRML Authoring Tools
- V Realm Builder by Integrated Data Systems
- Cosmo Worlds by Silicon Graphics
Multimedia Authoring Tools
- VivoActive Producer by Vivo
- Emblaze Creator by Geo
- Director by Macromedia
Web Publishing Systems
Scripting Languages
- JavaScript by Sun
- VBScript by Microsoft
- PERL
Java Development Tools
- Forte for Java by Sun
- JBuilder by Inprise
- KAWA by Tek-Tools
- VisualAge by IBM
- Visual Cafe by WebGain
- Visual J++ by Microsoft (or is it?)
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