Comments for ANNUAL INTRO COMP SCI 2 OF 2

Comments for ANNUAL INTRO COMP SCI 2 OF 2 - Period 4
Web authoring tools

AMMAR AHMED:

YOUSEF AMIN:
(2 d) S2T: https://www.editplus.com/index.html Edit+ seems to be a great web-authoring tool. It includes seamless web browsers for previewing HTML pages, and many helpful features; HTML toolbar, URL highlighting, multiple undo, search-replace, and many more. The HTML Toolbar allows you to insert common HTML tags quickly and easily. Edit+ highlights URL and e-mail addresses in normal text files and lets you activate them with a single keystroke (F8) or 'Ctrl + double-click'. Additionally, auto completion is a time-saving feature which changes a short abbreviation into a complete string. The software costs around $30 and is for Windows. Based on what I've seen, I would recommend Edit+.

TIM CHEN:

RIYASAT CHOWDHURY:
(1 d) S2T: URL: https://arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/#Documentation_and_Download Cost: Free and for Windows The editor has a very unique style from what I expected a web authoring tool to be. Like Google Docs, it has the tabs on the top where you can open a file, save a file, etc. There is even the symbols representing bold, italics and underlines. However, right clicking on the empty space when you open up Arachnophilia allows you to open many types of files, such as html, text, python, C++, and many more. I tested out html, and it gave me a page already set up with a prompt to change the title. I inserted some html code into it, as well as used shortcuts to also edit the html file. When I was done, I saved it, and opened the file in File Explorer. Sure enough, it showed me the file in google chrome. Aracnophilia allows you to edit these files beforehand and has a variety of tools to use so it makes life easier without typing out all the code, so I acknowledge it as a good web authoring tool.

ASHER EL HANANI:
(2 d) S2T: Google Web Designer is a program that allows you to author webpages both with and without HTML. It has many different templates you can use. Recommended.

NICHOLAS EVANGELINOS:
(2 d) S2T: Hello Mr. Brooks, from the two web authoring sites you showed us in class I liked SeeMonkey the best, because I found it simpler to use and I can download it to a mac which is helpful. I also went and found one myself called openElement. with openElment, one can view and edit the source code, as requested. In addition to this, they provide templates to work off of to build a web page. I'm not sure if we are allowed to use this feature, but in any case I found it interesting.

Jordan GRAY:
(1 d) S2T: https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html cost: subscription base - for students $20 a month Seems to be a very good and professional web authoring tool. It also seems like it can reach a higher complexity than some more basic software. That all being said, this does mean it has a more complex learning curve, and a steeper one. If you are a professional this seems like a very good choice, but if you're a beginner maybe not the best thing. Now if you want to learn on the system, and you have the time and patience to learn it, then sure sound good. Another thing to keep in mind is it's Adobe so you pay, and you can't even buy it once, unless you get an old version - it's subscription base. I would recommend for a beginner, but if you have the time and the patience, try it. (you can get a 7 day free trial).

LAMIA HAQUE:
(2 d) S2T: https://www.editplus.com/feature.html Cost: The cost of a 1-user license is $35. EditPlus is a text editor meant for Windows, and it has many features for Web page authors and programmers. It supports customizable syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS, PFP, ASP, Perl, C/C++, Java, JavaScript, and VBScript. Custom syntax files can also be created to support other languages. There is a Hex Viewer, which allows for switching between normal editing and the current file in Hex mode. Code can be hidden or displayed, and the HTML toolbar allows for quick tag additions. Errors can be fixed by double-clicking the error line to locate the cursor to that line. There is also auto completion, which changes an abbreviation into a complete string, saving time. The cliptext window is available for quick access, and the text clips are customizable. Other than these beneficial features, there is a document template as well as undo/redo, spell checker, keyboard shortcuts, and search and replace. I would recommend this editor because it includes so many time-saving features, and it is well reputed among several Web page authors. The features above all account for why this editor can be a great addition when creating Web pages.

MARYNA ILYANOK:
(8 h) S2T: https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html The web authoring tool I've chosen is adobe dreamweaver because it has many tutorials online which helps with the learning curve. It is a very powerful tool and there is high user satisfaction. It is very expensive however at $21 a month.

Pak LAU:
(1 d) S2T: https://html-online.com/editor/ I would recommend this because the text editor and the source code is next to each other. It also allows you to edit in javascript and CSS and the website looks good. Downside, it's online, so rip to those that are creating websites without internet.

JULES LEMEE:
(2 h) S2T: For my web-authoring tool I choose CoffeeCup's HTML editor. I use a free trial of the pro version because I was too lazy to crack... I mean buy it. It's a great editor code highlighting, real-time web-page previews and you can edit all the code yourself if you want to do weird things in your code. CoffeeCup has been around for 23 years by now and I really would recommend this editor. Link: https://www.coffeecup.com/html-editor/ costs $49 to buy, and well worth it.

MING JIE LIU:
(1 d) S2T: NotePad++ seems so be a program recommended by several articles I've found online. It has a small program size and runs light and loads fast. It's very minimalist so that's good for beginners(I guess). However, it's only for window-based computers and doesn't support mac.

DANIELA MATEI:
(2 h) S2T: https://arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/ This web authoring tool is free and it allows the user to both design their own webpage without typing in the HTML code and alter the HTML code if they wish to do it that way. I think it is very good to use because it is simple, free, and does what we need it to do. Since we are not advanced webpage designers, I think this program is perfect for what we need.

Kevin MAYBODY:

NOA MORRIS:
(2 d) S2T: tool: squarespace https://noa-morris.squarespace.com - password: noamorris free trial & password protected webpage but plans are $12 and $18 a month. probably wouldn't recommend because it has limited features compared to other sites i've used and you have to pay to make the site public. The editing is also kind of slow.

SHAH NABIL:
(0) S2T: There is an hmtl editor that is online called https://html-online.com/editor/. It gives you (when full screened) a side-to-side preview of the html code and a word document that you can edit (editing the document would change the html, vice versa). However, I do not completely recommend this as it is online and there are probably better ones that do not require internet though it is a great editor to use (easy to understand how to use it). The cost is free. Another one is BlueGriffon in bluegriffon.org which is an editor that also allows one to go between editing like a word document (visuals for the website) and looking/editing the actual html made from it (vice versa). It seems to be a really easy to use editor and it is free! I recommend this as a possible web authoring tool/editor.

MICHAEL NATH:
(2 d) S2T: The web authoring tool that I decided to check out is called Sandvox 2.1. The link is: http://www.karelia.com/products/sandvox/. After downloading the free trial version and messing around a bit I decided that this web authoring tool is not the one for me. Even though there's an option to "inject code", it's not convenient when it comes to switching between what the webpage should look like and the source code. Furthermore, there seems to not be many functionalities as opposed to something like SeaMonkey. Their templates lack in taste. Overall, i give this web authoring tool a 4 / 10. I'd personally use SeaMonkey

MICHAEL PAN:
(1 h) S2T: https://sourceforge.net/projects/kompozer/ This software is cross platform. This editor writes the html for you but you are allowed to directly edit the html code. You can also make it a split view so that the box on top is the writing and content you'll see on the website while the box on bottom contain the actual html codes. This editor tells you how many px wide and long your header/body/etc is, you can customize the toolbar, and you can edit more than one site at the same time.

STEPHANIE PARK:
(4 h) S2T: https://arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/index.html I heard about this tool called Arachnophilia. It costs nothing and can be run on Windows and Mac. It is written by Java and can be supported by almost all operating systems. I recommend this because it seems pretty useful to me.

NICOLE PRESS:
(21 h) S2T: I first downloaded SeaMonkey, which was pretty self-explanatory to use. I then tried to download microsoft expression web 4, but had difficulties and eventually gave up. For the sake of trying a web authoring tool not discussed in class, I then downloaded BlueGriffon and I enjoyed its features much more than SeaMonkey in my limited experiences with the two programs (a clean display, dual view between html source and output, and many easily accessible html features built in).

GOLAM RAIYAN:

KA SENG SOO:
(1 d) S2T: https://www.openelement.com/ OpenElement is a free web-authoring tool that lets you add different elements without having to write the HTML code for yourself. You are able to customize every element, changing the style from the sidebar. The source code can also be accessed, and you can see it change with the different elements that you put on the web page. The source code has designated areas where code blocks could be added. The only downside is that you can't edit the code for areas that aren't designated. Overall, I would recommend this program because it has a lot of options to make your website look like anything that you want it to. The interface and many buttons may seem confusing at first, but after skimming through a tutorial, I was able to understand enough to get the basics down.

PALAK SRIVASTAVA:
(2 h) S2T: The best web authoring tool I found was Blocs; https://blocsapp.com/#. It costs$99.99 but has a free trial, which is how I checked it out. I personally really liked Blocs. It takes you step by step and allows you to make decisions on style elements and has many options for how you want to design it. For instance it starts off with the structure of the website and has quite a large amount of choices. It is also very organized in terms of its pages. When working on a new page/different part of the website it has like a table on the left and the properties for each 'bloc' so that you can easily differentiate between all the different work you are doing. However, It did take me a while to get semi used to it because it is a little confusing and in order to figure out how to use it I think the Blocs help website is very helpful since it has tutorials on setting up, getting started, using it, etc. Overall I would recommend this because it is a well put together tool that has an outlet to answer all the questions you may have. And while it may be tricky at first, I am sure if you put in the time you can get the hang of it. (One big thing I forgot to mention is that it can only be used on macs which would be a deal breaker for some).

KATHERINE WU:
(23 h) S2T: I would recommend Dreamweaver, based on descriptions and reviews. Although it costs $20.99 a month, it seems to be very convenient and easy to use. However, other free web authoring tools might be better since they do not cost money, and it wouldn't be worth it to spend so much when the features are basically the same. Link: https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html?gclid=Cj0KCQiA-onjBRDSARIsAEZXcKYJPqMf9SSkAErZwYlqhO-WBsElg7-3IXGDvCfeQ78L0KqaDe9Jf1waApJWEALw_wcB&sdid=KKQTJ&mv=search&ef_id=Cj0KCQiA-onjBRDSARIsAEZXcKYJPqMf9SSkAErZwYlqhO-WBsElg7-3IXGDvCfeQ78L0KqaDe9Jf1waApJWEALw_wcB:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!3085!3!309967771134!e!!g!!dreamweaver

KELLY YAN:
(22 h) S2T: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ I recommend this. I tried to download other programs like arachnophilia or netbeans but I couldn't open the programs on my computer. Seamonkey worked and is similar to Word. There are dropdowns where you can choose the style of the text and can change the font. There are buttons that can create a link, table, or image for you. The background and color of text can be changed. You can edit the code yourself by changing the view

GRACE YE:
(1 d) S2T: http://www.bluegriffon.org/ Blue Griffon is a free and easy to use web authoring tool with a html editor. There are dual view options for the wysiwyg and source view. I liked how easy it was to start using the program, the different help resources, and simplicity of the design.

MICHELE YI:
(1 d) S2T: http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/ I recommend the bbedit from bare bones software for a web authoring tool. This tool is for Mac users and costs around $120 for full features and $49 for educational uses. In this tool, you can refer back to and edit the html language. it is also said to be easy to navigate and use to create a good webpage. You have total control over text and also can access files. Although this seems very good, the price is not ideal. Free options of web authorizing tools for Macs also seem more limited than those of windows.

ALEX ZHANG:
(12 h) S2T: Microsoft expression web (one of the web authoring tools you had showed us in class) is really good. I had tried finding some other free web authoring tools but none of them that were free were able to compete with Microsoft expression web's ease of use and numerous tools. Trying Microsoft expression web out, I was able to see how you can make a split view of the doc that types like you normally do, and the HTML code that is being automatically written out that you are also able to edit. When typing in the doc, you have the regular commands available to you such as italics, bold, underline, font size as well as many other things open to you and the best part of this is is that you don't have to waste your time typing the correct commands in order to do that in HTML. While typing in the doc you are able to see the HTML code being written out, and this allows you to make sure the code being written is correct and if you ever need to edit it, you can do it easily.

JASON ZHENG:
(0) S2T: https://www.activestate.com/products/komodo-edit/ The free version of Komodo IDE. I'm confused by what a web authoring tool/application is supposed to do. Komodo Edit is clean and customizable, with lots of color schemes to wok with. Like all editors, you can set up a template, with the starting tag and ending tag for a basic html code. It also counts lines, auto indent, add several tabs, and add start and end tags from a little column to the right. I do not have the authority or power to recommend this to anybody, as my knowledge in this subject is limited.

JENNY ZHENG:
(1 h) S2T: URL:http://www.bluegriffon.org/ Free. Takes a while to download. But easy to use. There are also a lot of resources out there explaining how to use it. Would recommend. Also, I'm on a windows

IVY ZHU:
(1 d) S2T: https://htmlpen.com/ HTMLpen is a web authoring tool that was recommended in the comment section of a blog that listed the top HTML editing tools. More than 3 people were absolutely furious that HTMLpen was not added, so naturally, I clicked on the URL. HTMLpen is a FREE web authoring tool that gives you a visual editor of the actual website as well as a code editor. It recognizes 144 plus languages, and it has a Javascript, HTML, and CSS "beautifier". I have no idea what that means, but it sounds great. It color codes different languages and has advanced autocomplete, which is great for my lazy bum. And most importantly, it is aesthetically pleasing and does not look like it was made in the Victorian Era. Highly recommended.

Anya ZORIN:
(1 d) S2T: https://html-online.com/editor/ Is a very basic editor that will do simple things and is easy to understand as well as free. But I do not recommend it because you probably want a less primitive and more updated version of this to work on a project. https://www.wix.com/features/main Has goof templates but is more for commercial purposes and does not give you your own website, so I do not recommend it. http://www.bluegriffon.org/#screenshots Has a free version and allows you to freely switch between code and text. It is also recommended by the French govt which I guess is good Overall has lots of options, so I do recommend it.

Comments for ANNUAL INTRO COMP SCI 2 OF 2 - Period 4Web authoring tools

Comments for ANNUAL INTRO COMP SCI 2 OF 2 - Period 4
Web authoring tools