This is a template-based WYSIWYG application for developing Flash-menu headers and Flash-based Web sites without the need for coding.

Using A4Desk and its template gallery, you can build Flash menus and Web sites in minutes with only a few mouse clicks and keystrokes.

Its other features include background sound support, the switching of background and border colors, and the uploading of images for sub-pages and for changing Flash display sizes.

For those who'd like to get into Flash design but are intimidated by the technicalities, this is the perfect way to get started.

Download A4Desk Flash Builder 6.14 in Softonic

If you like Notepad++, you'll love Notepad++ Portable. It keeps the same great functionality of its big brother, but in a new edition specially designed to be stored and used in a USB memory key.

Once installed, the application hardly takes 2 MB of space, so it's suitable even for the smallest removable drives. During our tests, we didn't miss anything from good ol' Notepad++: support for dozens of coding languages and several text file formats, syntax highlighting, ability to open multiple documents simultaneously and lots of extra tools.

The only downside to this great little application, if we're to find any, is the fact that you have to download spelling files apart if you want to use the spellcheck. Apart from that, Notepac++ Portable is probably one of the best text editors available… and you can carry around in your pocket!

Download Notepad++ Portable 5.0.2 in Softonic

Notepad++ is a free source code editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming languages, running under the MS Windows environment.

This project, based on the Scintilla edit component (a very powerful editor component), written in C++ with pure win32 api and STL (that ensures the higher execution speed and smaller size of the program), is under the GPL Licence.

This is what Notepad++ has to offer:

• Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
• WYSIWYG
• User Defined Syntax Highlighting
• Auto-completion
• Multi-Document
• Multi-View
• Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
• Full Drag ‘N' Drop supported
• Dynamic position of Views
• File Status Auto-detection
• Zoom in and zoom out
• Multi-Language environment supported
• Bookmarks
• Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
• Macro recording and playback

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If you find that your programming development tool doesn't exactly make life easy for you, you may be pleasantly surprised by RJ TextEd. It's basically a web development tool and a Unicode text editor which aims to make HTML coding simpler, faster and more intuitive.

Some of the key features are syntax error highlighting, auto completion and a very handy CSS editor. One rather unusual feature is that RJ TextEd includes an FTP client that enables you to get your coding published super quick although it's not exactly an advanced client and if you need secure connections, you're probably best not to rely on it.

For those that are relatively new to coding, another handy feature is the HTML validation tool which allows you to format and repair your code using wizards. Finally, it also includes spell checking, e-mail support and advanced search options. The remarkable thing is that this is all entirely free although the downside is that it won't support all coding languages so if you frequently use different ones, you'll need something more flexible.

Download RJ TextEd 4.51 in Softonic

Simpedit could be taken as a simple Windows Notepad replacement, but it's really more than that. It's a complete coding editor with support for a handful of programming languages.

The program does keep the same simplicity as the Notepad, but only in appearance. When working with source code, you'll have a wide selection of tools at your fingertips. Besides the basic edition options (copy, paste, search, replace) you'll get special options for optimizing the management of HTML source code, working with online forms and more.

Simpedit makes coding more comfortable thanks to a highlighted cursor line and the use of a color code for different programming languages, although this one is not automatically applied and you have to select it from the Tools menu. As extra features, Simpedit has an "Autocorrection" option and can encrypt your code with the Twofish method.

Simpedit is a simple yet very handy source code editor with support for a wide selection of programming languages.

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Amaya is a complete web browsing and authoring environment and comes equipped with a WYSIWYG style of interface, similar to that of the most popular commercial browsers. With such an interface, users do not need to know the HTML or CSS languages.

Features of Amaya include the following:

• Lets users both browse and author Web pages
• Maintains a consistent internal document model adhering to the DTD
• Is able to work on several documents at a time
• Helps authors create hypertext links
• Includes a collaborative annotation application
• Is easily extended

Download Amaya 10 in Softonic

One area of web design that many people find difficult and confusing is web forms. Those simple on-screen "fill in your details" forms that are so common yet can be difficult and problematic to produce.

Web Form Designer is here to help with that. You visually design on the screen, dragging about the various components to create an email form. And when you're done, you can easily produce the HTML code snippet ready to paste into your web page.

Web Form Designer can automatically validate your user's input - ensure the required fields are properly complete, and check that a valid email is input. Restrict input to alphanumeric, numerals only or just letters.

The program provides all the usual form elements such as Edit boxes, Drop-down menus, radio buttons and checkboxes, etc. You can automatically populate menus and lists with popular data, such as country, state or province.

With Web Form Designer, there are no restrictions on how many forms you produce, no monthly costs & free support.

Download WebFormDesigner 1.2.1 in Softonic

KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing capabilities found in Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe DreamWeaver and other high end programs.

KompoZer is based on Gecko which is the Mozilla patented framework that's behind many of their most successful products. The advantage of using gecko is that it's very fast, very reliable, and is maintained regularly by a dedicated team of programmers. It fully supports XML, CSS and JavaScript offering the best authoring platform on the market. KompoZer is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an attractive, professional-looking web site without needing to know HTML or web coding.

In addition, there are some useful debugging tools in case of page formatting problems and some tools to help you automatically publish your changes to your FTP server.

An excellent WYSIWG portable editor that makes creating websites a pleasure.

Download KompoZer Portable 0.7.10 Rev 2 in Softonic

Minimum Profit is a very basic programming editor that lets you work with multiple files simultaneously, through a system of tabs, copying and pasting text blocks between them.

It provides colour code for the syntax of the most popular programming languages (C, C + +, Perl, php, SQL, Python, HTML, etc), completion labels and commands, automatic positioning of the code created (generating the margins required), a simple utility for search and replace amongst it's many features. The key to the program is simplicity - it's an ideal application for new programmers in particular. It has an easy-to-access help directory that you can reveal at any time simply by pressing F1 over any word of a text. The program "intelligently" assesses what kind of help you are probably looking for based on the code and brings up the appropriate file. Even for non programmers, the interface is easy to understand featuring drop-down menus and a simple list of hot keys. In addition to all these features, you can password protect your code, it's very light on resources and available in several different languages.

It might not be the most versatile programming text editor but it's certainly one of the easiest and intuitive you'll ever use.

Download Minimum Profit 5.0.1 in Softonic

MyGeneration is a structured programming environment with the functions and options needed to plan and build scripts in C #, VB.NET, JScript, and VBScript using predefined templates and examples.

Developed in. NET MyGeneration is ideal for working in ORM architectures or other file-based O / R, as Gentle.NET or Nhibernate. It is compatible with Microsoft SQL, Oracle, IBM DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Access, FireBird, Interbase, SQLite, VistaDB and Advantage. It also allows you to assemble code compatible with both Windows and other operating systems. By default, the environment includes a large number of templates to help you implement code in C #, VB.NET, PHP, HTML, amongst others and it allows you to establish database connections to test your developments. MyGeneration can also generate code for non-Microsoft operating systems and enables you to adapt it's own templates or write your own to generate your particular architecture.

In terms of a flexible cross language programming environment for scripting, this has everything you need.

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PSPad editor has been designed to allow editing several files at once in different programming languages. It's a very simple but powerful tool that allows you to work with several documents simultaneously in different tabs, save sessions, compare texts highlighting differences with colors, spelling and the use of code templates (HTML, PHP, Pascal, JScript, VBScript, MySQL, MS-Dos, Perl , etc..).

It also provides direct access to HTML tags, the preview tab in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, etc so you can see how things are going easily. It also contains a hex editor, an ASCII table, an internal browser with Apache, code explorer for Pascal, INI, HTML, XML, PHP.

For a free editor, this is an incredibly powerful and effective solution for any serious programmer.

Download PSPad editor 4.5.3 Build 2291 in Softonic

SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations - one of its best uses is for building test and demonstration programs as well as SciTE and Scintilla themselves.

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PSPad editor is freeware programmer editor, designed to help you work within a variety of different programming platforms and build better applications both online and offline. The powerful program combines a series of top features with slick productivity.

The app is perfect for those people who:

• Work with various programming environments
• Like highlighted syntax in code
• Need a small tool with simple controls and the capabilities of a mighty code editor
• Want a tool to work with plain text
• Want to save money and still have the functionality of professional products

Download PSPad 4.5.3.2296 in Softonic

Kompozer is what we call a WYSIWYG editor, that is, a program with which you can build your own website without any HTML knowledge required at all.

Creating a website in Kompozer doesn't feel like coding, but like writing a simple DOC file in Word instead. You can write text, add photos, insert a table and create links and forms, all in a very easy way, by means of small dialog windows and wizards.

The good thing about Kompozer is that if you already have some HTML knowledge, there's always the possibility to show advanced configuration settings for each element, plus the option to create the website by typing plain source code instead of using the visual interface.

The program also offers some extra features like support to open several documents simultaneously, an FTP client to upload the website and a CSS editor. The only thing I missed was some ready-to-use templates to get you started.

Kompozer includes everything you need to create a website, no matter what your HTML knowledge or coding experience is.

Download KompoZer 0.7.10 in Softonic

If you are one of the old school coders that likes to build webpages in the traditional way then you'll probably get a lot out of this tool. This non-WYSIWYG HTML/PHP editor helps you if you need some XML editing (code, not content) as PlainHtml will help you by highlighting the syntax.

The program includes command tools, preprogrammed blocks, previsualise functions to preview your developments, CGI/PHP/HTML tools and help ion creating tables and navigation bars notes and labels. Like a conventional HTML editor, PlainHTML also allows you to modify the attributes of chains of characters (sources, colors, sizes etc) and to add connections, images and other objects with a simple selection. This is a complete and solid editor that can really bring out the best in your HTML skills or at least speed up development time.

The only major drawback is that for those unfamiliar with HTML, there's very little to help you get up and running with the program.

Download Beerwin´s PlainHTML 4.5 in Softonic

The first thing you need before creating your webpage is some HTML knowledge, right? Well, not anymore. Now with MoreMotion Web Express you can create a complete website even if you have no idea about HTML.

Unfortunately this doesn't mean that using MoreMotion is piece of cake. My personal impression when launching the program was that the interface is cluttered with options, buttons and menus, making it actually quite confusing. Also, the "Preview in browser" function didn't seem to work correctly.

In spite of this, MoreMotion Web Express is still a good alternative for HTML illiterates, as it allows users to produce rich-content, visually appealing websites, either for professional or personal use, that go beyond the basic plain HTML document.

Download MoreMotion Web Express 3.3 in Softonic

Building your own website can be an utterly daunting experience. Many people prefer to contract the work out to specialists but it can't beat being able to administer your own site and change it when you want to. Yahoo! SiteBuilder has been designed with beginners in mind to easily design the site you want.

Much of the work is already done for you - it features over 380 templates to choose from and many look very professional. Building the site is made easy through a simple word processing and drag-and-drop mechanisms that allows you to build web pages in no time. The program also works offline so you can create and experiment with your site before uploading any changes. If you're familiar with HTML, you can also write your own code from scratch using HTML or SiteBuilder's web page editing tools. However, it only works with Yahoo! servers so you'll need a Yahoo hosting plan too.

For those that just want to drag and drop their website together, this is a great tool although advanced users will find it pretty limited.

Download Yahoo! SiteBuilder 2.4 in Softonic

SuperEdi is a text editor with syntax coloring and build-in FTP client. The build-in directory tree helps you locate files quickly without opening the Windows Explorer. Context sensitive information is available via keyword lookup in any Windows help file.

The editor is extendable using executable programs, text clips and automation scripts. SuperEdi supports Unicode UTF-8, UTF-16 as well as many locale- specific encodings. SuperEdi is absolutely free of charge for private as well as for commercial users. There are no advertisements, nags or any other limitations.

Features:

• Hotkeys can be assigned to tools on the quickstart bar
• Regular expressions can be used in search
• Faster scrolling while selecting text with the mouse
• Encoding of XML files is determined from XML declaration
• Bookmark all search results
• Count search results
• Non-standard port numbers can be used for FTP Upload/Download
• Support for special keys on Microsoft keyboards

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Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. It's useful whether you're already using vi or using a different editor. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems.

Vim is often called a "programmer's editor," and so useful for programming that many consider it an entire IDE. It's not just for programmers, though. Vim is perfect for all kinds of text editing, from composing email to editing configuration files.

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With Programmers Notepad you have all the power of a complete programming editor but with a simple interface that makes using it as straightforward as your notepad. The program supports the most popular programming languages and lets you personalize the colors used to highlight various commands and syntaxes.

Some features:

• Bookmarks (both numbered and plain)
• Code Folding/Outlining
• Export to HTML (using CSS) and RTF
• In-file method/definition navigation (using Ctags)
• No limit on file size (although large files may take a while to load)
• Projects and Project Groups with multi-level folders and file system mirroring
• Quick Search toolbar with links to Google and Google Groups
• Regular expression search and replace
• Support for windows, unix and macintosh file formats
• Syntax highlighting for many languages through “schemes”
• Text Clips
• Unlimited number of schemes supported, powerful syntax highlighting supporting both user-defined and built-in schemes
• User-defined schemes (XML)
• Word-wrapping

Download Programmers Notepad 2.0.7.667 in Softonic