XML has a very big role in developing an Ajax based application. Some developers are fast and smart enough to build Ajax with XML without any third party help. But there are developers who need all the help they can get not only for JavaScript but for XML as well. The following are some of the XML editors you can use for faster development.

Cooktop – this window based XML editor is very simple providing support to XML, DTD and XSLT. These are color coded for easy editing. Highly customizable due to the internal library and the editor is so small especially with the footprint.

Altova XML Editor – One of the well known XML editors and for a good reason. More known as XML Spy, this editor has a very powerful interface as well as support to most XML related application. It can also support XQuery as developers can just load the XML there and edit the file.

nXML mode – GNU Emacs has this editor has an add-on. This free XML editor can evaluate your XML as you type. That means you’ll know if the XML is valid in real time.

jEdit – This free XML editor has multi-platform support which understands more than 130 languages. Could be easily customized and long string of lines could be easily wrapped because of its wrapping feature.

oXygen XML Editor and XSLT Debugger – Serious developers could consider this editor because of its ability to handle CSS Stylesheets as well XQuery. Multi-platform, this editor is also a debugging tool as well as an XML converter so that it could be applied to different frameworks.

Exchanger XML Lite – Whether free or professional, Exchanger XML Lite uses Java as its main programming language providing users a highly interactive and good looking application. The Lite version is free but not for business purposes which requires professional license for business environment.

Editix – This XML editor provides a good looking XML editor as it presents the XML as a tree for better understanding. Documentation is possible with this application as Editix can automatically generate documentation for the developers to use. Unfortunately, this XML is not free even for simpler edition.

XML Blueprint – A lightweight XML editor that’s highly compatible with Windows Vista, XML Blueprint provides support for XML as well as its documentation. This editor requires a fee to be used but it’s worth it as it has been awarded by numerous online review sites.

XML Marker from Symbol Click – A lightweight XML editor which has the ability to render the coded XML automatically as a table tree. Because of this, developers could easily see in real time about the status of their coding.

firstobject XML Editor – Another freeware that can lightly run in any computer. It has the ability to parse the coding so that developers can the effects of XML within a tree. This editor also has a good formatting function as well as the ability to outline the path of XML.