For developing a website you have many choices that you can use. If you already know HTML, you can just use the simplest, most basic program of all - Notepad. In fact, many webmasters do just that, and many of the best looking web sites are created completely by hand with no help at all from any other tool.Some of the other editors that are generally used are listed below, with a few brief comments about each.Notepad - Many people just use Notepad to edit their HTML files. It’s the text editing program that comes with all versions of Windows. Notepad is extremely simple, which more or less means you get to do everything by hand.

NoteTab Light - NoteTab Light is a replacement for Notepad which is intended to include some extensions to make editing HTML easier. It’s simple and easy to use, but not extraordinarily powerful.

NoteTab Pro - This is a very powerful and cheap HTML editor. It has a dictionary, clipart, a handy global-replacement feature and lots of other things to help make the webmaster’s life easier.

FrontPage 2000 - Frontpage 2000 has just about everything you could ever want, including full WYSIWYG support, dynamic HTML, forms and so on. On the downside, FrontPage 2000 does not support CGI, SSI or PHP at all - in fact, if your site uses CGI then you will note be able to use FrontPage 2000’s upload capabilities. Use caution when choosing this editor - while it’s great for getting a site up fast, it can be very frustrating for more advanced users, and if you take advantage of the templates you will certainly be labeled an amateur. Also, using any FrontPage special features such as forms requires that your web host have FrontPage extensions installed, which limits your choice of providers.

Dreamweaver - Another good choice is Dreamweaver, which in many ways is the best editor of them all even though it is fairly expensive. On the downside, Dreamweaver has a very high learning curve for most users and it can be cumbersome to perform simple tasks.

Out of all of these editors, Dreamweaver is highly recommended if you want a WYSIWYG editor, although it can be a difficult program to learn. FrontPage 2000 is acceptable, if you don’t need any extensions, templates or special features.