FlashDevelop vs BBEdit

FlashDevelop comes without any cost.

FlashDevelop has first-class support for Haxe development, the open source toolkit based on a modern programming language and cross-platform library.

FlashDevelop's code completion is pretty good.

Although everyone claims Flash is dead, it's still quite useful for game developers due to its rapid compile and run times, as well as its great debugging functionality with FlashDevelop.

While it's project template system is not the best compared to it's competitors, it still is decent and is a good way to generate some boilerplate code.

FlashDevelop has XML/HTML completion aside from code completion.

It's windows only, but has tremendous support from plugin developers and a dedicated team that's been developing it for close to 10 years.

FlashDevelop provides very efficient debugging features.

This is very useful for carrying out high-speed HTML coding and editing.

FlashDevelop facilitates project compilation.

Although the code generation can't really be called top-notch, it's decent and sufficient for most developers.

BBEdit is commercial software, the paid counterpart to their free application Textwrangler. Though BBEdit comes off as pricey, this allows for stable and consistent updates from the developers. BBEdit has been around since 1992.

No searching for plug-ins that may or may not work.

The developer is very responsive to bug reports and feature suggestions.

Follows platform standards.

BBEdit can open files directly from, and save them to, any available FTP server. It can also open and save files directly via SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol).

You can build the static site of your dreams without needing any external assistants. Although it does not process LESS, SASS, or SCSS files, BBEdit's includes are very powerful.