Web development freeware
Aug 5th, 2007 by Jared SchwagerIn many cases, web development can be quite costly between purchasing image editing software to FTP software. You may not know it, but there is a plethora of great free web development software. I’ve put together a list of a few of the best webdev freeware applications I could find.
Bluefish Editor (Windows/Linux/Mac)
If you’re looking for a great HTML editor, Bluefish is what to get. It is not only for editing HTML though. This application is capable of editing everything from PHP to Python and Javascript and even adds syntax highlighting.
Paint.NET (Windows only)
Good and free image editors are hard to come by, but Paint.NET is an exception. This image editor can be classified as somewhat of a Paint Shop Pro replacement as it doesn’t have as many features as Photoshop does.
FileZilla (Windows/Linux/Mac)
If there’s one essential web development tool, it’s the FTP client. Unfortunately, good free FTP clients aren’t very common. FileZilla is both free and very easy to use. The beta version is available for all platforms, whereas the stable version is only available on Windows.
Know of any other good web development freeware? Post your favorites!
how about nvu? i’ve heard it’s a good for website design. btw, this is the first time i’ve heard of Bluefish… i’ll check it out. thanks!
Jonas, the last time I checked, Nvu was only capable of editing HTML and not other languages such as PHP, Javascript, etc. I will definitely take another look at it though.
Bluefish isn’t available natively on Windows, from what I see.
If there is a version that doesn’t require some sort of emulator I would love to know about it.
Filezilla still lacks some features to become the only ftp client I would use.
As for free and featured editor, I’d go for GIMP. It’s a bit complicated for ordinary users though.
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