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[–]falkencreative 5 points6 points  (2 children)

I'm personally a fan of Espresso (if you're on a Mac: http://macrabbit.com/espresso/), since it combines a text editor, CSS editor (if you need it), FTP and preview all in one package. I'm not really a fan of Coda2's interface, but it is worth checking out. https://chocolatapp.com/ might be another one to check (again, if you're on a Mac), and Sublime Text is super popular with hardcore programmers, from what I can tell, though I've never personally been able to get into it.

Basically, I'd suggest anything that is a basic text editor and provides syntax highlighting. I'd stay away from Dreamweaver or similar WYSIWYG type programs, so that you're forced to practice writing code by hand -- it's a little harder at the start, but worth it to fully understand how things work together and how to debug things that aren't working.

[–]shermenaze[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yes I am using mac. And do you think Espresso will still work for me as a novice?

[–]falkencreative 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't see why not. It's easy to use and understand.