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| Topic Started: Thursday, 24. May 2012, 20:26 (1,099 Views) | |
| Cody | Thursday, 24. May 2012, 20:26 Post #1 |
 
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I'm considering getting Dreamweaver for help when I'm coding my websites, but I'd like some first-hand accounts on it. If you've ever used it, have you found that it's one of the better editors? Is it at least better than editing manually? One of the key features I'm interested in is being able to make your own template, so that if you add another page to a navigation menu you don't have to go back and edit every page to include the new link. |
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| FallenShadow | Thursday, 24. May 2012, 20:47 Post #2 |
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I'd rather use NotePad than DreamWeaver. I've never liked it and haven't even bother testing it in years. Always got stupid errors and shit in the coding. |
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| Geoffrey | Thursday, 24. May 2012, 20:49 Post #3 |
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Will it let you download a trial of it so you can see for yourself if you like it or not? That would be the best thing to do in my opinion, since only you know what you want it to do/not do. |
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| Cody | Thursday, 24. May 2012, 21:27 Post #4 |
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I'm getting it, but I'm also interested in seeing other coders' opinions. |
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| Andrew | Thursday, 24. May 2012, 21:51 Post #5 |
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While Dreamweaver may be powerful it is also bloated with many unnecessary features. If you want a clean, lightweight, and easy to use code editor I would suggest Notepad++ and Sublimetext 2. Although both of those are for Windows. If you're looking for a Mac text editor I'd suggest textmate. |
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| Byakko | Thursday, 24. May 2012, 22:02 Post #6 |
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^^ But on the other hand, its excellent for beginners as it will help you learn structure of the html and allow you to edit it more effectively. |
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| Raxby | Thursday, 24. May 2012, 23:00 Post #7 |
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I personally just use Notepad++. Dreamweaver always seems to create rather messy coding, so I prefer to do it manually. Might be a bit more work to create, but I feel it's easier to fix things if you yourself know where you put everything. |
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I have a open sourced Dreamweaver and it works great. 
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| Kyra | Sunday, 27. May 2012, 16:00 Post #9 |
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Let me put it this way, Dreamweaver itself makes everything a lot simple you basically place the images and Dreamweaver does it for you, as long as you know what your doing. The main thing I wanted to say was about the key feature you said you would be able to make your own template, so that if you add another page to a navigation menu you don't have to go back and edit every page to include the new link. This is what i'm talking about, it's simple and easy, you hardly need any knowledge in html but they do recommend to have some to make everything seem a lot easier if you did come cross a problem you will be able to solve it quickly, but as you understand a lot about CSS and I suppose other computer languages this will be a nice purchase. really and truly if your going to keep it simple and stick with basic website and not go into depth with php, mysql. CSS would be the main thing you would have to worry about, just try keep everything in order and don't confuse your self. Edited by Kyra, Sunday, 27. May 2012, 16:05.
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| Cody | Sunday, 27. May 2012, 21:42 Post #10 |
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I've coded two websites from scratch, so I most likely wouldn't use the WYSIWYG aspect. I love having control and complete mindfulness of everything that's in my code: it provides for a much easier bug-fixing experience. It's why I would rather code a simple portfolio website from scratch than use a template site like Wix (I use this example because my class used Wix for the portfolio sites while I coded mine from scratch - I laughed at the simple problems they couldn't solve because they had no control over the coding... even though it took me 10x as long to code mine from scratch.  )The best aspect I found from my brief look-through of DW was the fact that I can edit the code on one side and see the results on the other. That saves me all of those seconds flipping back and forth through tabs.
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| Kyra | Sunday, 27. May 2012, 22:23 Post #11 |
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Very nice! I can code basic, basic html and css, but I confuse my self, so easy and forget about how I laid out the css, the day after(I know its bad). By the way what Dreamweaver you getting? cs4? cs5? etc.. I love that aspect as well of Dreamweaver the two optional panels instead of tabbing as you said, hehe. |
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| raindrop | Monday, 28. May 2012, 03:12 Post #12 |
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As a web designer currently I’m using Dreamweaver CS3 and it is very useful to do coding things easily. |
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| Andrew | Monday, 28. May 2012, 07:29 Post #13 |
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It's a matter of preference. I'd say give DW a try and if it's too bloated for your liking switch to Notepad++ or Sublime Text 2. |
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| thecostumedanceparty | Monday, 28. May 2012, 10:01 Post #14 |
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Notepad is really good for html; I have Dreamweaver, but I never use it. Notepad is easier IMO. |
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| Realm | Tuesday, 29. May 2012, 13:57 Post #15 |
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Regular notepad? Sounds like a disaster.  I prefer Notepad++ - although I haven't had a lot of experience with Dreamweaver, I enjoy simple and easy-to-use tools. Notepad++ is fine for that. |
| Kyra | Tuesday, 29. May 2012, 15:25 Post #16 |
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Notepad++ is cool and very simple to understand if you have the full understanding and you know what your doing. If you was to get Dreamweaver I suggest getting a few books(best way to understand Dreamweaver, plus you can always go back to the book and use it as quick refence) |
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| silvershoes | Saturday, 2. June 2012, 11:18 Post #17 |
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I use an old copy of Dreamweaver (pre-Adobe) and it's very good for what it does. I've never felt the need to upgrade, however, and I can well believe a lot of bloat has been added over the years. Especially if people now recommend you buy books for it - that's something I never needed. It's especially handy in code view; design view doesn't matter to me since you can hit a button to see it in any browser you have on your computer. I also use Notepad++ and prefer it for specific things, like building fancy mileage tables. But I'm real comfortable with code, so I don't need the WYSIWYG aspect. |
| Tajio | Sunday, 10. June 2012, 15:14 Post #18 |
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If I were to use Dreamweaver I would only use 'Code view'. I personally use Notepad++ as I'm used to hand coding my websites. |
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| Flavius | Sunday, 10. June 2012, 23:08 Post #19 |
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| AndyJerrom | Tuesday, 19. June 2012, 04:57 Post #20 |
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Before I used to do my coding manually but I found it much easier through Dreamweaver and I continue it for further work. |
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