WeBuilder

WeBuilder

Magic code editor for web developers

Create and edit web page code faster and easier.

WeBuilder is a faster, smarter and more powerful all-in-one code editor for web developers. Clean interface, quick startup, superb flexibility and powerful features allow you to create and manage code written in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Python, ASP, SSI, Perl and other languages faster and easier, while integrated tools enable you to validate, reuse, navigate and deploy your code in an efficient and sophisticated manner.

 

• Super quick
  Loads much faster than any other code editor or IDE with similar features
• Powerful syntax highlighting Updated!
  Supports HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, XML, ASP, ASP.Net, C#.Net, Perl, Python, Ruby, SQL, Apache and more
• Full Unicode support
  Supports UTF-8 with and without BOM as well as UTF-16
• Code intelligence Updated!
  Tons of intelligent code completion, navigation and suggestion features

• HTML5 and CSS3 ready Updated!
  Coding features are up-to-date with modern standards
• Direct FTP/SFTP/FTPS Updated!
  Edit directly on your web server or publish local development copy updates with a single click
• Smart code re-use
  Code snippet library and code templates with assignable shortcuts
• Advanced search and replace
  Quick search, detailed search, file search, regular expression support, detailed results and more

• Fully-packed HTML & CSS editor
  HTML & CSS editor with auto complete, inspector, code assistants and more
• Fully-packed PHP editor
  PHP editor with auto complete, syntax check, debugger, beautifier and more
• Fully-packed JavaScript editor
  JavaScript code editor with auto complete, language tools and more
• Integrated validation & debugging
  Spell checker, W3 HTML and CSS validator, JSLint JavaScript checker, realtime PHP checker, xDebug PHP debugger

Why switch today?

• Save a lot of time
  WeBuilder combines speed of a simple code editor and power of a full-size IDE allowing you to work much faster.
• Switching is easy
  Interface and behavior is consistent with other code editors. All essential features are right where they should be.
• Fully customizable
  You can adjust text editor, menus, toolbars, shortcut keys and everything else to fit your needs perfectly.
• True all-in-one editor
  Create, edit and validate HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, ASP, Ruby within a single program!

 

How is WeBuilder better?

• Faster startup
  Unlike with other web development IDEs, you do not have to wait while it loads.
• No clutter
  WeBuilder is quick, clean and lightweight. It very powerful, yet not stuffed with useless buttons or panels.
• Superb FTP/SFTP/FTPS features
  Upload/update your online website files in a just few clicks.
• A lot of integrated tools
  Syntax checkers, validators, debuggers, beautifiers, HTML Tidy, CSS prefixizer etc.

 

Beginners also welcome!

WeBuilder is very easy to learn and use. It works like a simple text editor, but offers a lot of helpful features such as HTML and CSS wizards and instant code-snippets. WeBuilder actually helps you learn web coding and make less mistakes.

Detailed feature list

Text editor

• Syntax highlighting
  HTML, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, PHP, ASP, ASP.Net, Python, XML, WML, C#.Net, Ruby, eRuby, Perl, SQL, Apache, SASS, LESS
• Advanced text editor
  Line numbering, gutter, margin, word wrap, block select and more
• Unicode support
  UTF-8, UTF-8 without BOM, UTF-16
• Code folding
• Line highlighting
• Macro recorder

Search & navigate

• Go to anything
  Instantly jump to any file, symbol, word or line
• Multi-highlighting
  All instances of the selected text are highlighted
• Search and replace
  Quick search, detailed search, regular expressions, detailed results and more
• Search and replace in files
• Superb navigation
  Advanced bookmarks and quick jumps between recent places
• Bracket highlighting
• HTML tag highlighting
  Easily detect matching and missing tags

Keystroke savers

• Auto brackets
• Auto quotes
• Smart Copy and Cut
  If nothing is selected, word at cursor is cut/copied (usual shortcuts)
• Smart Paste
  If nothing is selected, word at cursor is replaced (default shortcut Shift+Ctrl+V)
• Emmet plugin

User interface

• Both tabbed and MDI interface
• Quick interface switching
  Hide/show all side panels with a single key
• Detailed customization
  Workspace layout, keyboard shortcuts, text editor behavior, toolbars and menus etc.

Language tools

• Code intelligence
  HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Smarty
• Code explorer/navigator
  HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby
• Integration with online reference
  HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP

HTML and CSS

• HTML and CSS inspector
• HTML assistants
• HTML tag auto-close
• CSS assistants
  box editor, gradient editor, shadow editor
• Support for mobile development
  viewport assistant, CSS media queries
• Support for Google fonts
• CSS code beautifier
• Built-in CSS prefixizer
• SASS and LESS support
• Integration with W3 validators
  HTML and CSS
• Integration with CSE HTML Validator
• Integration with HTML Tidy for HTML5

JavaScript

• jQuery support
• JavaScript code beautifier
• Integration with JSLint

PHP

• Realtime PHP syntax checker
• PHP debugger (xDebug)
  Built-in web server and zero-configuration package available
• PHP framework support
  Prado, CodeIgniter, Yii, Symfony
• Smarty support
  with code intelligence
• PHP code beautifier
• PHP 7 ready

Other languages

• Python support
  syntax highlighting, comments
• Apache .htaccess file support
  Apache syntax highlighting

File management

• Built-in file explorer
• Edit/save directly on FTP/SFTP/FTPS server or quickly publish all changed files
• Built-in FTP/SFTP/FTPS browser
• Project management
  Maintain separate projects, search within project, publish changes with a single click
• SVN and Git integration
  with TortoiseSVN and TortoiseGit
• One-click HTML publishing
  Publish HTML file and all linked files (images, css, js) get uploaded too

Preview

• Built-in preview
  Chrome and IE rendering, split-screen mode, screen-size testing
• XRay for HTML/CSS
• One-click preview in web browser
• Preview via web server
  external or built-in

Other

• HTML color picker
  Pick-from-screen feature, file colors, project colors, color palettes, lightness adjustment, rgb/rgba/hsl/hsla support
• Inline ToDo
  with TODO, FIXME and CHANGED markers
• Multi-item clipboard
• Code snippet library
  Code templates, assignable shortcuts
• Quick SQL explorer
  MySQL, PostgreSQL, Firebird, SQLite etc.
• Portable mode
  Run from USB stick
• Easy settings import/export
• Crash recovery system
• Diff tool integration