Needed: Light and free HTML editor with source control support

Question

We're not doing real web development. We get our HTMLs from our designers, and have our web app generate those HTMLs (with some specific content). Simply put, we don't use any major web development infrastructure (ASP, PHP, JSP etc). Having that said, we sometimes do need to edit HTML, JavaScript and CSS files, and I'm tired of using rocks and stones and having no proper backup. What I'm looking for is a rather simple editor that would handle those kinds of files, and most importantly - will support source control, and will be free (or very cheep).

I've been looking into Aptana, and it seems to be a bit of an overkill. It has a lot of features we can do without, and this makes it too heavy. VWD express is lighter, but has no source control integration. There are probably a million other HTML editors, but I couldn't find one that satisfies the basic requirements - relatively lightweight, supports source control and is (almost) free. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

NetBeans can edit about anything, is free, cross-platform, and directly supports CVS, Subversion and Mercurial version control systems. It's not exactly lightweight, although it is lighter than any comparably featured competitors I'm aware of.

Answer 2

Eclipse is pretty good. It's also very popular among developers and can edit HTML.

Why is supporting source control a requirement? I find that the place for good source control is not in the editor. The editor just gets in the way and only implements a subset of functionality.

Answer 3

Pick your poison at Wikipedia's Comparison of HTML editors page.

Answer 4

Not exactly what you want but you could try and use Notepad++ combined with TortoiseSVN.

Answer 5

Hi, I use an editor online, very funcional and free. Try www.online-html-editor.net , its free and simple to work on it.