Dreamweaver

I like it. I used it around 10 years ago when Marcomedia owned it, so I can't comment on recent Adobe versions.
 
I used it in 2008 at school, and it was pretty good, but if you just want to make Templates, or randomly generate Templates, http://www.artisteer.com/ is also a good software to look at, but you need to use Notepad, or Dreamweaver to type your content in the template you made with Artisteer.
 
I was never a fan of it myself. But you should definitely try the free version before buying it to see for yourself if you like it or not. If you go to Adobe's website you can download a free 30 day full product trial version.
 
I have CS5 and personally I think it's brilliant but you'd have to get the free trial first to see for yourself.
 
Personally I am not a fan of Dreamweaver because the UI and code is bloated. Lets face it too coding on that GUI just sucks the life out of you.

If you're a mac user take a look at Panic Coda or Sublime Text 2. Both lightweight and enjoyable code editors. My top two.
 
It's well worth it. The UI is great and it's so easy to use.

It will auto write code for your when you are closing tags and such as well. I think it is well worth the buy.
 
http://www.kompozer.net/ which is a free alternative to Dreamweaver might be worth it, but it might be harder finding free Kompozer tutorials because it is less popular then Dreamweaver, but works similar to older versions of DW.
 
the best thing about Dreamweaver is that it helps you with your coding and there is even wizards. what won it for me was it offered a dual screen application, where you could have a live view on one screen and your coding on the other. it is cramped if it is all on one screen.
 
I have the Macromedia version on my PC, but I've never opened it, and to be honest don't really know what it is.
 
I use it for most of my work as I'm now too fluent in HTML and CSS to want to actually code it all by myself. I'm confused as to why people think DW does it for you since the only thing it can do is close the tags for you, and that's all I use the automation for.

It also helps me with JavaScript, as I'm still learning that and it helps spot any errors.
 
I used it to create a webpage for my workplace. It did the job, but the it seemed to have some FTP issues. Otherwise, I loved it. It is easy on your eyes too. It doesn't feel like you're staring at a wall of text.
 
I personally prefer notepad xD.
Dreamweaver is bloated and annoying to use.
If you're new to coding, then use it, if you experienced, notepad works fine. Or even Notepad++.
 
I'm experienced, but I just find DW better, as I've used so much HTML and CSS that I don't want to keep typing it out over and over.
 
Connor L said:
I personally prefer notepad xD.
Dreamweaver is bloated and annoying to use.
If you're new to coding, then use it, if you experienced, notepad works fine. Or even Notepad++.
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Agreed. I use Dreamweaver at school, and the only thing I really like is the live preview.
 
The code and live preview is also pretty nice since users can view changes on the live website like on a web brosere as the code is being written or changed in code view, or automatically in editor view.
 
Volux said:
It's well worth it. The UI is great and it's so easy to use.

It will auto write code for your when you are closing tags and such as well. I think it is well worth the buy.
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I love this feature :3 Plus, the color wheel automatically in the CSS is... <3 love that 😀

Connor L said:
I personally prefer notepad xD.
Dreamweaver is bloated and annoying to use.
If you're new to coding, then use it, if you experienced, notepad works fine. Or even Notepad++.
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Notepad is horrid; it's incredibly hard to catch mistakes on huge pages unless you want to sit there and read through the code for the better part of the day 😛 N++ is a favorite of mine as well, I use that on my home PC as I don't have Dreamweaver

Anyways, my opinion: Love the product, definitely recommend it. However, if you don't want to buy it, try out Notepad++ 🙂
 
Have used it 10 years ago for a while, then installed crimson editor, a nice code editor I really love using. Don't see the need to pay for DW anymore
 
I am currently downloading Dreamweaver CS3 (2 hours to go 🙁) but if your not willing to pay go with Notepad++ easy and simple to use.
 
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