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I am not going to turn this into a one vs the other or even a review of those that are most popular out there. I know there are tons, some full and rich with features and others that are super light and to the point (just editing text). But, when I am not at work using Visual Studio for my development, I am usually at home writing PHP, HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc…by hand.

With that, you usually want to find a nice editor that has the features you want and makes things as simple as possible to complete your task. Here’s a list of some very nice Text Editors for the PC:

Notepad++ (my editor of choice at the moment)
Intype
Crimson Editor
HTML Kit
Aptana
Notepad2
E Text Editor (they say will rival TextMate for the Mac, but I can’t justify paying for one when there are soooo many good ones out there that are FREE)
UltraEdit (again, why pay?)

The main reason I even started this article was because I was getting tired of the simple white backgrounds. Yeah, you can go in and change colors through some of the options, but it’s just not right. You can’t ever get the color scheme correct. So, I did a quick search for a nice theme for one of these editors…and since I already use Notepad++ as my primary Text Editor for my PC at home…I downloaded and installed Port of Ruby Blue theme. And let me tell you, this is one nice theme and it’s very easy on the eyes!!! I highly recommend this theme if you don’t want to spend endless hours trying to get your own theme complete.

Here are a couple I’ve used for the Mac:
Coda
TextMate
Bluefish

These two are kind of different in they are the WYSIWYG editor:
Amaya
Nvu (pronounced N-view)

And this is a nice little Suite of Products with both free Text Editor and WYSIWYG Editor: Trellian, Trellian WebPage, Trellian CodePad. They have a ton of other cool products too…go check them out!

Something to go along with my Resolutions, here’s a my WISH LIST for 2007.

1. Fist off…who wouldn’t want the HGTV.com Dream Home!!! That place is just pure AWESOMENESS!!! Check out everything that comes with it. It even comes with a Doggy Dream Home.
2. Yeah, gotta have it: iPhone!
3. I’ve already got an iPod Nano, so it’s time to step up to one of those nice 80GB, Movie playin iPods
4. And having all the above means you must have the new Apple TV too.
5. So, going with the ‘Apple‘ theme, one should not have to go without one of these, or at the very least one of these, and if you have the bones ($$$$) you should decorate your home office or media room with this, get the wife one of these, and the kids can play with one of these. So now that we list the most important parts, here are some extras: Cinema Display, AirPort Extreme Base Station (Wireless), and a few other Peripherals
6. There are many many more Accessories at the Apple Store, and when you can…Upgrade to Leopard!!!
7. Moving on to cars, yeah I could list the Lexus IS350 that I almost purchased when I moved here, or one of the many BMW 3 Series. But here I want to list something that will benefit ALL of us. Yep, a Hybrid. I want one of these 4: Honda, Lexus, Nissan, Toyota. On the other hand, the new XJ from Jaguar KICKS ASS!!!