Now you, too, can have the very same software that resides on the hard drives of actual Webmonkeys!

BBEdit 5.5.1  get it >>
Platform: Mac, Power Mac
Cost: US$119; a "lite" version is free
Company: Bare Bones Software, Inc.
In the words of its creators: It doesn't suck. BBEdit's earned the affection of Mac programmers and hacks worldwide for its bare-bones approach to text editing. If you're on a Mac, and you hand-code your HTML, this is the webmonkey choice for text editors.

Dreamweaver  get it >>
Platform: Win 95/98/NT, Power Mac
Cost: US$238.95
Company: Macromedia
You know how all those HTML editors are nice for prototyping, but you'd never really use them on production-quality code? Dreamweaver replaces them. With support for CSS, CSS-P, dynamic HTML, and custom objects and behaviors, this may be the only tool you need.

Frontpage 2000  get it >>
Platform: Mac, Win 95/98/NT
Cost: US$118.95
Company: Microsoft

HomeSite V4.5  get it >>
Platform: Win 95/98/NT
Cost: US$86.95 plus shipping and handling
Company: Allaire

Programmer's File Editor  get it >>
Platform: Win 95, NT, 3.1
Cost: Free
Company: A. Phillips
Though it's optimized for use by programmers, File Editor makes a pretty good all-purpose text editor as well. And you just can't beat the price.

Emacs  get it >>
Platform: Win 95, NT; Mac, Power Mac; Amiga; Unix
Cost: Free
The powerhouse text editor for Unix.

NetObjects Fusion 5.0  get it >>
Platform: Mac, Win 95/98/NT
Cost: US$248.95 or Upgrade US\85.95
Company: NetObjects

vi  get it >>
Platform: All Unix flavors
Cost: Free
Pronounced "vee-eye" (not "six" as June once thought), the vi editor is a plain-Jane text editor for Unix. It's great for quick and dirty jobs, though Emacs still wins overall.

Visual Page  get it >>
Platform: Mac, Win 95/98/NT
Cost: US$77.95 for Windows or US$62.95 for mac
Company: Symantec

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