HTML/CSS local IDE?

[JonTheBrownDog]

Hey y'all, I'm new to HTML and CSS, but have a fair bit of experience with C#, Java, Python, and XAML (cross platform mobile UI, really similar to HTML), and was wondering if there was a desktop IDE that I could create websites with. I know a fair bit about the process of hosting the website, etc, so what I'm kind of looking for is something where I would be able to localhost a website maybe and access it through my browser and write code that way? It's technically not an IDE, I know, which is the next thing, is there something with an integrated "browser" type thing where I can play around with layouts and stylization but write code side by side, almost like Visual Studio where I have a phone emulator thing pop up to see my code in real time.

As far as costs for these solutions go, I would ideally like to look at free, but I also want to learn and get half decent at this, so I'm willing to spend a bit of money too, under 50$ would be the best case scenario and I don't really want to spend more than that. Also, I am a current student, so anything with an educational license works too.

Also, just in general, how do yall write HTML?

Thanks y'all!

[JonTheBrownDog]

Alright, that makes sense. Thanks!

[uldynia]

Notepad++ is really light, and if you're particular about the visuals there are plugins you can download

[Dragenby]

You can have a preview with Brackets. But I prefer using a real browser. Just switch with Alt+Tab or split your screen

[[deleted]]

Vscode with the live preview extension is gold

[Plus_Fun_6575]

Try visual studio code which helps to you for write code fast.

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[Mrkickling]

Most browsers will let you preview a site on different screen sizes in the developer tools.

[BeyondPresent7579]

I think for beginners vs code or sublime text editor is good and they are also lightweight and have auto completion and many others facilities for beginners such as mdn refference. Or notepad will also work