Numerous software applications are geared toward coding HTML. Some are free andsome require payment.
Some basic text editors that come preinstalled with operating systems include:
• Notepad (Windows OS)
• TextEdit (Mac OS)
• gedit (Linux OS)
Here are some other free text editors that have more features:
• Notepad++ (Windows OS; http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm)
• TextWrangler (Mac OS; http://www.barebones.com/products/TextWrangler/)
• jEdit (Windows OS, Mac OS, and Linux OS; http://www.jedit.org/)
For more professional-level, commercial integrated development environments (IDEs),
try one of the following:
• Adobe Dreamweaver (Windows OS and Mac OS; http://www.adobe.com/products/
dreamweaver/)
• Panic Software’s Coda (Mac OS; http://www.panic.com/coda/)

Before using TextEdit, go to File→Preferences and check “Plain text” as the format
option. Otherwise, the text editor might strip out the HTML elements.
If you use Notepad, select Format→WordWrap. This option allows long lines to be
wrapped within the application window, making it easier to edit.