I’ve started using NotePad++ as my primary editor for web development – HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP. Notepad++ gives you everything you need, but you do have to turn on a few settings.

Autocompletion.

This will prompt for you to complete repeated or known text for the relevant language you are working with:

• Settings > Preferences > Backup/Auto-Completion

• Tick enable auto-completion on each input, and leave it as function completion. You can start from the 2nd character or more if you find it annoying. Press the <enter> or <tab> keys to automatically populate the full word.

TextFX Settings

TextFX can perform automatic closing of (X)HTML and XML tags through the following setting:

• TextFX > TextFX Settings > Autoclose XHTML/XML <Tag>