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Just curious what are some good Mac programs to build a website? I'm totally newbie to this, but I'm going to be graduating soon and I want to build a site for my practice, or at least practice in the meantime.

I have the new MacBook, any freebie programs I could use on it?

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There is Coda and Espresso. Both not free but supposedly good (I'm not a web developer so I can't vouch for their quality).

For free, you could look at Smultron. While not necessarily designed particularly for web development, it might get the job done for you.
 
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Just curious what are some good Mac programs to build a website? I'm totally newbie to this, but I'm going to be graduating soon and I want to build a site for my practice, or at least practice in the meantime.

I have the new MacBook, any freebie programs I could use on it?

Thanks

It really depends on what kind of sites you'll be developing. If it's going to be simple (x)HTML/CSS sites then the standard TextEdit or TextWrangler will do. If you'll be making more complex sites then I'd look into these: Coda, BBedit, and Espresso.
 
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I would start with a simple HTML syntax editor like Taco HTML. Learn the code, then move to something more advanced. No WYSIWYG editor will be able to do everything for you- you're still going to have to know (at least roughly) what's going on with any web page you make.
 
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Being devils advocate, while I can see the logic of using a text editor to code web content, it always seems rather masochistic to me.

I don't doubt it creates discipline and makes you more aware of what you're doing, but on the other hand I can't imagine how many novices have decided to take that route and given up because it's so difficult.

Using a WYSIWYG editor is probably easier for beginners. Personally I have found the cheapo/free ones to be rather hit and miss, but I still think they're more user friendly than notepad.

I use Dreamweaver, which a lot of folks seem to sneer at, but I use it to develop the website for a top 50 global brand without any problems.
 
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I use Yola - Yola | Build a Free Website

It works, however, it's an online website maker. And guess what - Its ABSOLUTELY FREE! No problems there at all. I've built about 5 proffessional websites with Yola, and trust me they are brilliant. Free to design a website, and free to host a website. I know you're looking for a mac program (iWeb, maybe,) but Yola is one of the best website designing sites, with unlimited access to over 6 million different website widgets.

Go with Yola!

Regards.
 

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