HTML Editors

Any designer should back their skills with a little bit of coding knowledge. Out of any coding languages, designers should know HTML, PHP and CSS (as well as their updates, i.e: HTML 5 and CSS3 are still in development, but will be the new standard soon). They are the most important as they broaden your skills and allow you to code your designs for the Internet.
In this post, we'll see what HTML editor you should use.

Dreamweaver from the fabulous Creative Suite by Adobe has a pretty clean and organized interface. It also supports multiple coding languages. I personally started coding with dreamweaver as it made my first steps towards coding easier with "auto-complete" of coding syntax.
A free trial is available on the Adobe website, but if you ever decide to buy it, you'll need to break the bank for a solid $399.

After my free trial of Dreamweaver expired, I started looking for other HTML editor, but this time, free ones. It's not easy finding a free HTML editor that doesn't look like it was built in the 1990's, and after trying 2 or 3 of them out and uninstalling them from my computer, I stumbled upon Coffee Cup HTML Editor which has a free version. The only difference with the paid version is a orange bar at the top of the window that nags you to buy the software ($49). Personally, the orange bar doesn't bother me at all, there are no other restrictions, and the quality of the software is definitely worth it.

Here's a screenie with the orange bar that appears in the free version:

Coffee Cup Free HTML Editor is worth a try. If you know of any other free decent HTML editors, please post in the comments.

Now go learn your coding skills over at W3 Schools.