It is a software group that is the opposite of Adobe Dreamweaver Microsoft Expression Web. This application is no longer a “WYSIWYG” (What You See Is What You Get “) but more to the HTML code. Some examples of applications that are included in this group:
TextPad (Windows only). TextPad is a plain-text editor is simple and inexpensive to code in Windows.
Sublime Text (Window, Mac, Linux). This text editor looks stripped down yet have many functions (such as color code and an overview of the full code) for web developers.
Coda by Panic (Macintosh only). Coda user as a visual workflow, file management tools, and built-in access terminal.
Textmate by MacroMates (Macintosh only). This sophisticated text editor project management tools and interface that is integrated with the Mac operating system. It is increasingly popular because customized, feature-rich, and inexpensive.
BBEdit by Bare Bones Software (Macintosh only). For many web developers great shortcut features have made the leading Mac-based editors
Image editing and drawing applications
To add an image to a web page, will need an image editing program. Here are some of the applications are quite popular:
Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop can be regarded as the industry standard for image creation in both the print and the web world.
Adobe Photoshop Elements. The lighter version of Photoshop is designed for photo editing and management, but some fans found out that he has all the tools needed to put an image on a web page.
Adobe Illustrator. Because designers need to create logos, icons, and illustrations in a variety of sizes and resolutions, for it’s all of these applications are very helpful. This application can also be combined with Photoshop
Adobe Fireworks. This web graphics program combines image editor with tools for creating vector-based illustration. It also has sophisticated tools for web graphics.
Corel Paint Shop Photo Pro (Windows only). Full featured image editor is popular Windows users, mainly because of low prices.
Internet Applications
Because the end result of the development of web pages used on the Internet, it would require multiple applications to open a web page, so-called “browser”. Here are some of the applications are quite popular browsers:
Windows:
o Internet Explorer
o Chrome
o Firefox
o Safari
o Opera
Macintosh OS X:
o Safari
o Chrome
o Firefox
o Opera
Browser mobile devices (mobile)
o Mobile Safari (iOS)
o Android Browser (Android)
o BlackBerry Browser (RIM)
o Nokia Series 40 and Nokia Browser for Symbian
o Opera Mobile and Mini (installed on any device)
o Internet Explorer Mobile (Windows Phone)
o Silk (Kindle Fire)
Application file transfer (FTP / File Transfer Protocol).
An FTP application allows to upload and download files between your computer and the computer that will be a web page / web server. Some previous web authoring application also has integrated FTP application directly. There is also a special FTP applications, such as those listed below:
Windows
WS_FTP
CuteFTP
AceFTP
FileZilla
Macintosh
Transmit
Cyberduck
Fetch