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• 2G NoteWorks 
   
  This is a basic Notepad replacement tool with search and replace and some XML/HTML functionality. Nothing special to make it useful for ASP developers. 
   
  
• AbsoluteEdit 
   
  This editor features code completion, customizable syntax highlighting, and multiple document interface. 
   
  
• ASP.Net Web Matrix 
   
  This editor features integrated database support, multiple languages, and its own small-footprint web server. However, I have not used it for editing "classic" ASP code. 
   
  
• ASP Wizard 
   
  This editor features line numbering, a stored procedure generator, and various wizards for common ASP and ASP.NET tasks. 
   
  
• Crimson Editor 
   
  Crimson Editor supports syntax highlighting, multiple document interface, multi-level undo/redo and a built-in FTP client. 
   
  
• CT Pad 
   
  A Notepad replacement with a search and replace feature, but a few glitches. I've never used it. 
   
  
• EditPlus 
   
  This is a Notepad replacement with customizable auto-completion, syntax highlighting, multiple document interface, and FTP and browsing tools. 
   
  
• HTML-Kit 
   
  Features highlighting, auto-indenting, unlimited undo/redo, line numbering and spell checker. 
   
  
• IntelliCanvas ASP/Studio 
   
  This editor features code completion using IntelliSense, but not much else. 
   
  
• Interspector 
   
  This editor has syntax highlighting, user preferences, and line number display. 
   
  
• Macromedia DreamWeaver 
   
  This is often the bane of my existence. Code samples posted to the groups with MM_this and MM_that all over the place, barely legible and about 50% longer than necessary. This editor does a lot for you, and while that may be a part of its charm, I think that it is its biggest problem. 
   
  
• Macromedia HomeSite 
   
  Basically a glorified text editor with a lot of features, such as tag completion, HTML color syntax highlighting, and some CSS tools. I don't know that there's anything that stands out for usage in ASP development. 
   
  
• Microsoft FrontPage 
   
  This is fine for simple little HTML applications, but for ASP I strongly recommend avoiding this code-bloater. And please, don't make me mention Word or Publisher as HTML/ASP editors here! 
   
  
• Microsoft Visual InterDev 
   
  If you have a copy of Visual Studio 6.0, you can use InterDev to develop your scripts. There are a lot of wizards and publishing tools that I suggest you avoid, but for a text editor with syntax highlighting and IntelliSense, this will work great. If you want the ASP 3.0 type library, so that Server.Transfer and other IIS 5.0+ methods show up in IntelliSense, you'll want to check out our downloads section. 
   
  
• Microsoft Visual Studio.NET 
   
  This is my choice. Building on the strengths of InterDev, the Visual Studio.NET 2003 interface has some new features, like a better server explorer, and a very intuitive multiple document interface (with optional multiple panes). Some of the wizards are supposed to be better, and allegedly the SourceSafe integration is actually usable, but I still use it as a glorified text editor with syntax highlighting for various languages (VBScript, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and even T-SQL). Of course it also has global search and replace, line number display and IntelliSense. 
   
  
• Notepads+ 
   
  A simple Notepad replacement with multiple document interface. I've never used it. 
   
  
• NoteTab Pro 
   
  Another Notepad replacement with multiple document interface, search and replace, and line number display. 
   
  
• NotPad 
   
  This little Notepad replacement has spell checking, multiple document interface and print preview. I used it several years ago, while wanting more than NotePad but refusing to use FrontPage. 
   
  
• Sapien Primal Script 
   
  This environment has syntax highlighting, code completion, unlimited undo/redo, persistent undo, and Unicode support. 
   
  
• SourceEdit 
   
  This editor features code completion, customizable syntax highlighting, and global search and replace. 
   
  
• TextPad 
   
  We've used this in my workplace for various projects; it has many strong features, such as different languages (including spell checking), batch processing, global search and replace (including regular expressions). 
   
  
• UltraEdit-32 
   
  UltraEdit features a spell checker, configurable syntax highlighting, line number display, and a built-in FTP client. 
   
  
• WinEdit 
   
  This editor has multiple document interface, a spell checker, and its own macro language.