There are many options available for creating HTML files. List and briefly describe three different options, and explain when to use which kind of option.

What will be an ideal response?

• A plain text editor such as Notepad or TextEdit-These are no-frills editors that save plain text files.
• A programmer's text-editing application such as Notepad++ or Context-These editors have some context help for programming languages and provide features such as line numbers and troubleshooting help.
• A sophisticated editor such as Adobe Dreamweaver or Microsoft Expression Web-These development environments have many features for previewing, drag-and-drop editing, and managing an entire Web site that consists of multiple files.

If you are just creating and editing very simple Web pages, a plain text editor or a programmer's editor will do the job. If you are managing and editing multiple Web pages and multiple Web sites, then a robust development environment will make the job much easier.

If there are more advanced tools for creating Web pages, such as Adobe Dreamweaver and Microsoft Expression Web, why bother to learn HTML? While HTML-editing software makes code entry more efficient, there often comes a time when you need to fix an issue by editing the code. Your best strategy is to learn HTML and CSS first, and then graduate to Web-editing software and other Web development languages such as JavaScript.