Is it Pleasing to Work with Dreamweaver? (Jude Layton)
Aug 19, 2009
The advantages of using Adobe Dreamweaver over plain html programming are enormous. Dreamweaver creates a lot of the ready-to-use code for the coder, which makes it extremely practical for those who are just starting out with Dreamweaver and/or programming.
You can change between code view and the design view and designer can even have both in the same screen to keep tabs on any changes that are made in the editor. When you save your webpage, you can view your page in Firefox or Internet Explorer to see what it would look like online.
When you are designing your page and you are editing the code, Dreamweaver has many tools that can help you with the editing and this is really where Dreamweaver stands out with other editors.
Another great tool in Adobe Dreamweaver is the layout instrument tool. Dreamweaver will give an idea where you can place your navigation, your menus, your images, etc. Dreamweaver really helps you to get the most out of the internet.
The bigger part of qualified Web Designers wouldn't think of using Adobe Dreamweaver Dreamweaver's code view because it generates the complete code for you, and this results in code that is the best sufficient but bloated and over-complicated.
There is no substitute for having a solid understanding of standards-compliant XHTML / CSS and writing the code by hand, using which ever text editor you feel comfortable with, whether this is Dreamweaver's own code view or something else.
Dreamweaver is like a toy tool - it's useful for starting out into web development - new developers might find the layout view intuitive. And even the drag-and-drop widgets/controls for hooking up to a database might be useful for basic tasks. But if you need to do something that's not out-of-the-box catered for by Dreamweaver, you work your way thru the codes written by Dreamweaver. On the plus side, though, the FTP client in Dreamweaver which mirrors local and remote copies of a site's files is quite cool. Certainly the product is handier than using other famous software for uploading changed files to server.
You can't really compare Adobe Dreamweaver with any product. Dreamweaver can be put into a class of itself as a kind of application you use before you learn how to code properly. Drag & drop interfaces for coding just don't feel right for me - if you can't build the system yourself, then you don't know how it will actually behave when it goes live.
The Advantages of using Adobe Dreamweaver over basic html coding from scratch are enormous. Adobe Dreamweaver really can be put into a class of itself. There are so many fantastic features that you will not get in other standard editors. Adobe Dreamweaver really out performs all other HTML editors.
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