Zen Coding 一个用来简化编写 HTML，XML， XSL （或是其它一些诸如此类格式的编辑器）。其主要是用一种缩写方式的语法来书写大量重复和无味的HTML，很像CSS语法。下面是一个例子：
div#page>div.logo+ul#navigation>li*5>a
展开后会成为下面这个样子：
<div id="page"> <div></div> <ul id="navigation"> <li><a href=""></a></li> <li><a href=""></a></li> <li><a href=""></a></li> <li><a href=""></a></li> <li><a href=""></a></li> </ul></div>
可以看出来，#代表ID，>代表下一层。
如果你写下：
select>option#item-$*3
那么将会得到：
<select> <option id="item-1"></option> <option id="item-2"></option> <option id="item-3"></option></select>
看上去很不错吧。目前，其支持如下的编辑器：
- AptanaHowToEn
- TextMate (Mac). Available in two flavors: basic snippets (Zen HTML and Zen CSS) and full-featured plugin (ZenCoding for TextMate). Bundles > Zen Coding menu item
- Coda (Mac) — external download, via TEA for Coda. Plug-ins > TEA for Coda > Zen Coding menu item
- Espresso (Mac) — external download, via TEA for Espresso. Zen Coding is bundled with Espresso by default, but you should upgrade ZC to latest version. Actions > HTML menu item
- Komodo Edit/IDE (crossplatform) — external download. Tools > Zen Coding menu item
- Notepad++ (Windows). Zen Coding menu item
- PSPad (Windows). Scripts > Zen Coding menu item
- <textarea> (browser-based). See online demo.
- editArea (browser-based). See online demo.
还有下面这些第三方的插件：
- Dreamweaver (Windows, Mac)
- Sublime Text (Windows)
- UltraEdit (Windows)
- TopStyle (Windows)
- GEdit (crossplatform) — Franck Marcia’s plugin, Mike Crittenden’s plugin
- BBEdit/TextWrangler (Mac) — external download
- Visual Studio (Windows) — external download