Online Web editing tools thimble and Imcreator contrast

Article Description: Online web development tools Thimble and imcreator evaluation.

Mozilla on June 19 launched a new web-based development tool Thimble, using a visual editor to help users write and modify HTML and CSS code in the browser, and to timely remind users of errors in the code, and provide a simple code description.

In fact, this web development tool is not Shing, the earlier use of another online web page editing Tool-imcreator, below, take you from the following three aspects to talk about this two Web page editing tool experience.

First, choose the mode : Thimble and Imcreator both allow you to choose a custom Web site or modify the template according to the two ways to edit the Web page. However, Imcreator provides more template options, it publishes dozens of new templates each month, and Imcreator template Selection page classification is more detailed, so that you can more accurately and quickly find the template you want to edit, on this point, Think Imcreator to do better than thimble, the following figure is the Imcreator and thimble selection interface:

Second, the user development interface: User development Interface personally feel two tools have characteristics. have chosen to use template development, and then we look at the difference between the two development tools.

First say Thimble Bar, Thimble provides double-sided board design, the left side for the syntax highlighted code editing, right can be real-time preview page effect. However, and to provide some quick key way, feel that this development environment is more suitable for some experienced web developers, at least you have to understand the basic syntax of HTML and CSS, of course, if you want to contact HTML and CSS technology, it is your choice.

Then look at the development of Imcreator interface, style is very different, the Imcreator interface is a single column display, its interface provides some of the Web page open some commonly used tools, such as: text title, Pull-down menu design, gallery design, SEO, favicon Add, etc., use, You just need to click on the tool button above, feel that this development environment is more suitable for beginners, you can not understand HTML and CSS and make a more beautiful HTML page.

third, the release mode: two development tools are free to publish your website, and randomly assigned to you a Web address, you can use this address, in different browsers to test its compatibility.

In short, thimble is more suitable for experienced web page developers, and Imcreator does not require this, if you want to quickly have an HTML page, personally feel that Imcreator has more templates to choose from, a more relaxed development environment If you are trying to practice your HTML and CSS technology, it is recommended that you use the Thimble tool, which is the only available editing mode, which is your choice.