[mdlug] FOSS web dev software for windows

[Mike Ward]

Web Developer extension is to a web developer as a hammer is to a
carpenter. You can do without it, but I don't see why you'd ever want
to.

On 7/24/07, M. D. Krauss <zeros0and1ones at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:37:57 -0400
> Bob Dion <bobdion at starline-ent.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm looking for recommendations for Free Open Source software for web
> > development that runs on windows that I can DL burn to CD and give to
> > a my Friend's 14 year old son. This is so I can at lease get him off
> > Front Page, if not on to Linux as yet.
>
> I think Emacs works well.
>
> If he really needs a GUI, and you want him to learn to do things the
> right way, I suggest Amaya:
> http://www.w3.org/Amaya/
>
> Also, make sure he knows about the Web Developer extension for Firefox.
> It is not only useful in itself, but makes it easy to run a page
> through standards validation.  I'll bet if he starts using it, he will
> see just how bad Front Page is.
>
> Good luck,
> Matthew
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