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HTML Editors

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A simple text editor is all you need to learn HTML.

An HTML file is a text file, so to create an HTML file we can use any text editors.

Text editors are the programs which allow editing in a written text, hence to create a web page we need to write our code in some text editor.

There are various types of text editors available which you can directly download, but for a beginner, the best text editor is Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac).

After learning the basics, you can easily use other professional text editors like Notepad++, Sublime Text, Vim, Visual Studio Code, etc.

Let's an example.

Step 1: Open Notepad (PC)​

Windows 8 or later:

Open the Start Screen (the window symbol at the bottom left on your screen). Type Notepad.

Windows 7 or earlier:

Open Start > Programs > Accessories > Notepad

Step 1: Open TextEdit (Mac)​

Open Finder > Applications > TextEdit

Also change some preferences to get the application to save files correctly. In Preferences > Format > choose "Plain Text"

Then under "Open and Save", check the box that says "Display HTML files as HTML code instead of formatted text".

Then open a new document to place the code.

Step 2: Write Some HTML​

Write or copy the following HTML code into Notepad:

<!DOCTYPE html>  
<html>  
	<body>  
	<h1>My First Heading</h1>  
	<p>My first paragraph.</p>  
	</body>  
</html>

Notepad with Example

Step 3: Save the HTML Page​

Save the file on your computer. Select File > Save as in the Notepad menu.

Name the file "index.htm" and set the encoding to UTF-8 (which is the preferred encoding for HTML files).

Notepad Save As

Step 4: View the HTML Page in Your Browser​

Open the saved HTML file in your favorite browser (double-click on the file, or right-click - and choose "Open with").

The result will look much like this:

Result in browser

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