Whisk's flagship Live Preview feature empowers rapid development, yet has not been as well utilized in other web editors. Live Preview combines the writing phase with the viewing phase clarifies the effects of users changes, speeding up the overall process of making a web page. Beta testers report frustration returning to prior workflows after using this style of live previewing.
- Whisk is a modernization of HyperEdit and replaces it in Tumult's lineup. Tumult Whisk is sold on the Mac App Store and the Tumult Store. For new customers, Tumult Whisk is available for $29.99 USD. Whisk also has upgrade pricing available for existing HyperEdit owners. A fully functional 14-day free trial is available for download.
- The Tumult Whisk 2.0 HTML & PHP Editor is a lightweight HTML and PHP editor with a live preview screen that updates your progress as you type. This 5-star rated app is currently listed at $19.99.
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Tumult Whisk Whisk is a lightweight Mac app for HTML, PHP, CSS, and JavaScript development. Its live preview pane instantly shows the effects of your changes making development more efficient.
The application contains other powerful features to improve efficiency when editing web pages. W3C-based HTML5 validation will red-underline any mistakes live as users type. Whisk automatically finds files that are used by a document, and automatically reloads the preview when they change on disk. Developer Tools access gives users access to the console and page inspector tools.
'Whisk is the type of app that has a spot in web developer's dock,' said Jonathan Deutsch, founder and CEO of Tumult. 'It is lightweight so it is easy to get in and out of. It doesn't replace other source editors; Whisk can make whole sites but truly shines when needing to test snippets of web-related code, playing with CSS styling, or writing rich forum or blog posts. Live previewing is a pivotal way to work.'
Tumult Whisk started its life 17 years ago. In 2003, Apple introduced a SDK for Mac app developers to embed a Safari browser into their own software. Jonathan Deutsch, then in college, paired this with a text editor to create the live preview method of web development and released it as a shareware application called HyperEdit. Whisk is a modernization of HyperEdit and replaces it in Tumult's lineup.