Kompozer is an indispensable application for the codifier or webmaster. People who develop websites spend a lot of time in front of their screens. It used to be thought that a coder didn’t need anything but the usual text editor Notepad for Windows or gedit for Linux. Now there are so many different editors that are designed to help these people. Starting from specialized giants such as Adobe Creative Suite to a simple text editor with highlighting and the ability to automatically deliver html tags Geany.
A serious web development tool has been developed for the Linux operating system which can compete with Dreamweaver.
Kompozer’s strengths:
- Kompozer can be used to create websites as a WYSWIG editor as well as to edit the html code itself. It’s possible to combine the two representations of an html document on the same screen.
- There is a built-in FTP-client.
- Kompozer has a user friendly interface, even if it looks cluttered at first sight.
- Kompozer is a cross-platform application that runs equally easily on Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
- There are built-in tools to check that html and CSS code conforms to W3C standards.
- A nested interface that allows you to work on multiple documents simultaneously.
- Kompozer is as easy to work with as it is with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Weaknesses of Kompozer:
- No support for as yet unaccepted HTML5 is listed. Although it is possible to work with this standard, the only thing that doesn’t work is validation of the code against the HTML standard (validation).
- The interface is of little use on a small screen resolution.
- Interface language: Supports most languages
- Type of license: GNU GPL
Installing
Kompozer is easy to install on Ubuntu, as the current version is available from the official Canonical repository. In order to install, you need to run the command:
sudo apt-get install kompozer
Once successfully installed, the Kompozer file manager can be downloaded by going to the Gnome Applications→Internet→Kompozer menu.