Canada Computes: Linux-based HTML tool [Bluefish] a coder's best friend | Linux Today

Canada Computes: Linux-based HTML tool [Bluefish] a coder’s best friend

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 15, 2000

“Learning HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is relatively easy.
(I learned it about 3 years ago.) All you need is a simple text
editor. You can use the HTML editors that are available online, but
someone who writes all their HTML in a simple text editor will get
much the same results as someone who uses a program which generates
HTML.”

“Editors for HTML outside of plain text editors take two forms.
There are the what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) editors
and there are the text editor hybrids that can work as normal text
editors, but have lots of added buttons and wizards to make your
HTML writing a lot simpler. Bluefish falls into the latter
category, which just happens to be my favourite type of
editor.

“The question is, however, is it any good?”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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