Alternative to Dreamweaver?

Question

First of all, I do all my coding strictly in code view in Dreamweaver for a good few years now. I could do all my coding in Notepad, but Notepad doesn't have any features. :) I've never thought of changing because I just got used to Dreamweaver over time. But now it's starting to irritate me here and there. I also want to switch to a more lightweight editor.

What I don't like in Dreamweaver is that tabs can't automatically be changed to spaces (very annoying, any solutions are welcome too). It also creates a lot of useless whitespace everywhere.

I love Dreamweaver's automatic auto complete for html and css, this speeds up my coding very much because I don't have to type out every character. I've tried some other editors, but I really miss this feature. Dreamweaver also auto completes css classes from included css files in the header.

Is there any other editor that has similar features? Free or license is fine. I like Sublime Text (http://www.sublimetext.com/).

Thanks!

Answer 1

Notepad++ is the best for Window: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Answer 2

Microsoft Expression Web. It is not free...

Answer 3

I have tried PHP Designer 7 and it rocks with its features. Most of all, you get autocomplete for methods / variables in PHP classes.

Answer 4

If you use a PC, you could try out VisualStudio express / Visual Web Developer, which is free. http://www.microsoft.com/express/product/

Answer 5

If you enjoy html markup completion then snippets in Textmate for Mac is amazing. I use it all the time for all my HTML and CSS work. However if you are a windows person I hear E-TextEditor is the best replacement for Textmate. Both require licenses.

Answer 6

I've came to a solution that, though it's not lighter than Dreamweaver (as you requested), is very robust, works like a charm and was quite a productivity boost!

Check out:

Eclipse + Aptana as a plug-in (how to auto-upload on save)

Answer 7

You might be interested in HTML-Kit.

Answer 8

KompoZer may be of interest.