XML Editors
If you are serious about XML, you will benefit from using a professional XML Editor.
XML is Text-based
XML is a text-based markup language.
One great thing about XML is that XML files can be created and edited using a
simple text-editor like Notepad.
However, when you start working with XML, you will soon find that it is
better to edit XML documents using a professional XML editor.
Why Not Notepad?
Many web developers use Notepad to edit both HTML and XML
documents because Notepad is included with the most common OS and it is simple to use.
Personally I often use
Notepad for quick editing of simple HTML, CSS, and XML files.
But, if you use Notepad for XML editing, you will soon run into problems.
Notepad does not know that you are writing XML, so it will not be able to
assist you.
Why an XML Editor?
Today XML is an important technology, and development projects use XML-based
technologies like:
- XML Schema to define XML structures and data types
- XSLT to transform XML data
- SOAP to exchange XML data between applications
- WSDL to describe web services
- RDF to describe web resources
- XPath and XQuery to access XML data
- SMIL to define graphics
To be able to write error-free XML documents, you will need an intelligent XML editor!
XML Editors
Professional XML editors will help you to write error-free XML documents,
validate your XML against a DTD or a schema, and force you to stick to a valid XML structure.
An XML editor should be able to:
- Add closing tags to your opening tags automatically
- Force you to write valid XML
- Verify your XML against a DTD
- Verify your XML against a Schema
- Color code your XML syntax
At W3Schools we have been using XMLSpy for many years. XMLSpy,
our favorite XML editor, also includes a built-in graphical XML Schema editor. These are some of the features we especially like:
- Easy to use, graphical schema editing
- Context-sensitive entry helpers
- Display of all globally defined particles in a list view
- Detailed visual views of content models with drag & drop editing
- Built in DTD and/or XML Schema-based validation
- Enhanced support for editing identity constraints
- Find and replace in single or multi-file schemas
- Schema-based code generation in Java, C#, and C++
- XML Schema documentation generation in HTML or Word
Download a free trial to learn more
Whether you're new to XML or already an advanced user,
the user-friendly views and powerful entry helpers,
wizards, and debuggers in XMLSpy are designed to meet your XML
and Web development needs from start to finish.
New features in Version 2010!
- XML editor
- Graphical XML Schema / DTD editors
- XSLT 1.0/2.0 editor, debugger, profiler
- XQuery editor, debugger, profiler
- XBRL validator, taxonomy editor, taxonomy wizard
- Support for Office Open XML (OOXML)
- Graphical WSDL 1.1/2.0 editor & SOAP debugger
- JSON editing & conversion
- Java, C#, C++ code generation
- And much more!
Download a free trial today!
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