How to program HTML, JavaScript, PHP, CSS, MySql without a programming software installed.

To create a HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL you need programming software like Adobe Dreamweaver which is very costly. It weights about 300MB so it is a burden to download and its license costs about 150 dollars. Most of us give up learning HTML, CSS and JavaScript etc just for the fear of using 150 bucks in Dreamweaver.

But, you can program HTML, JavaScript, PHP, CSS, MySql without any programming software like Dreamweaver. You just need a PC or laptop running on Windows XP or later OS. Just open the notepad program and write any code. It does not matter whether HTML, JavaScript, PHP, CSS or MySql. Then press Ctrl+S for saving. In the saving dialogue box, rename it with the extension name .php, .css, .html or .htm, .js, .sql etc instead of .txt. In the rename box, just select the writing .txt at the end of the document title and delete it. Then put in any of the formats there. Then save it. The documents will be saved as HTML, JavaScript, PHP, CSS or MySql. You can also program simple software in notepad by giving it .exe or .bat extensions.

There is only one drawback. If you use Adobe Dreamweaver, while programming if you have a syntax error of any kind, the software highlights it with red color and you can fix it easily. There is no such opportunity in Notepad. Also, you can preview your file in a side window in Dreamweaver, but you cannot do that in Notepad. In notepad you need to carefully program each line with space, “<, / and >” signs and all tags. It would not autocorrect your common mistakes. If there is any kind of syntax error, you need to find it manually and correct it.

Now, I am going to give the extension names for different formats.

• JavaScript            →           .js
• MySQL                  →           .sql
• HTML                     →           .html or .htm
• CSS                         →           .css
• PHP                        →           .php
• MS Word File     →           .doc

Don’t forget one thing. Always put the heading and ending tag correct while programming HTML, JavaScript, PHP, CSS and MySql. Check the files by running it in offline server software like XAMPP. Read the post setting up a server Offline to know how to do it.

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