Once you've finished the document then built-in preview (IE and Firefox) should let you know whether it's working as you'd expect. And a syntax check in the PHP Editor will alert you to errors in real time.

So for instance there's a colour picker available in the HTML editor. You get similar functionality available when you're editing HTML, CSS, PJP, Ruby, ASP or SSI code, and there are some useful extras thrown in, too. And the Code Explorer lists the functions in your script and let you move to any of them with a click. Function hints remind you of JavaScript syntax as you type. WeBuilder also has autocomplete, so if you type, say, 'window.d', then it'll automatically display matching elements and attributes (defaultstatus, document) and you can choose the one you need at a click.

This isn't just about highlighting JavaScript commands in colour. Spend a few minutes exploring the program, though, and you realise WeBuilder does considerably more than most of the competition. It's fast to load, can open multiple files in a tabbed interface, has a spell checker, syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, PHP, ASP, WML, XML, ASP.Net, C#.Net, Ruby, eRuby, Perl, SQL, and more. At first glance WeBuilder looks like any other developer-oriented Notepad replacement.

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