Creating SVG

To develop SVG, there are many different paths that one can follow. In the meantime, I recommend using either any simple text editor:

Notepad for Windows,
TextEdit (properly configured for Mac see http://support.apple.com/kb/TA20406 )
or any of the plethora of editing tools in Linux/UNIX (nano, pico, emacs, vi, ed, kate, vim, kwrite, gEdit, etc.).

Also see: Comments on authoring environments If you happen to find an environment you are very happy with, please share your experience with me.

Next see Chapter 2 of the SVG Primer to understand the SVG coordinate system..

Try creating this “simplest of all SVG files” (that works in all browsers) and save the file as (for example) myfirstfile.svg:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">

     <circle r="50"/>

 </svg>