EditPlus is a mighty fine text editor for Windows. Not 100% free and open, but a free download and only a nag screen to remind you to pay up. If you do pay, like $30(?) so not too expensive. However, I'm a Mac guy myself and I usually use BBEdit however TextMate is popular for Macs as well.
Dreamweaver's code view is pretty good, as it used to be a product called HomeSite, but Dreamweaver is expensive and I HATE tabs with a passion (I much prefer single windows) and Dreamweaver is tabs-only. Dreamweaver does have the GUI, though, too, if you want to use it. BBEdit is pretty expensive, but for a guy like me who lives in a text editor, its features make it worth the cost. There is no way I know of to make a GUI for PHP -- it's text only. However, you can design HTML with a GUI although I wouldn't recommend it if you really want to learn what you're doing. You will have ultimate control of your code output this way as well. And don't think that the GUI will be quicker, either, because using copy-and-paste and search-and- replace, you can code faster than using a GUI if you're good and know what you're doing. Best of luck, Ken Krauss http://www.kcwebdev.com --- In [email protected], "dolphin7681" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all, > > i'm PHP beginner and i want to ask what is the best text editors i can > use & if there is something open source or GUI (Graphical user > Interface)? > > > Thanks a lot >
