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Which HTML editor is better for web development: Dreamweaver or Frontpage?
- Thread starter Addison
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I'm going to have to completely agree with Joe here. Using WYSIWYG's like FrontPage and DreamWeaver will really hinder your knowledge of style sheets and the markup language you are using.
Not to mention, they produce (often) invalid markup and they tend to be overpriced pieces of software.
If you are using Windows, try Notepad - it's free. Or, if you're using a Mac - it comes with TextEdit... These are, as I mentioned, free and have much smaller footprints than so-called "professional" software.
Not to mention, they produce (often) invalid markup and they tend to be overpriced pieces of software.
If you are using Windows, try Notepad - it's free. Or, if you're using a Mac - it comes with TextEdit... These are, as I mentioned, free and have much smaller footprints than so-called "professional" software.
joe.attaboy
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Let me preface this by saying that I am a web applications developer. I'm a contractor building critical sites for the Department of Defense.
Frontpage and Dreamweaver suck. There isn't a *professional* developer who would use either one of those tools for building a web page.
There is only one method to build great pages:
1. Learn XHTML and how to write it by hand.
2. Learn CSS and how it ties in with XHTML.
3. Add some JavaScript and XML knowledge.
4. Learn a proper scripting language, like PHP.
You should use a programming editor, not Frontpage or Dreamweaver. Those applications create crap code that is frequently non-standard. I have spend most of the last six months reworking web content created in Frontpage, and it's been a nightmare.
There's a great, free programming editor called Notepad++. Use that.
Frontpage and Dreamweaver suck. There isn't a *professional* developer who would use either one of those tools for building a web page.
There is only one method to build great pages:
1. Learn XHTML and how to write it by hand.
2. Learn CSS and how it ties in with XHTML.
3. Add some JavaScript and XML knowledge.
4. Learn a proper scripting language, like PHP.
You should use a programming editor, not Frontpage or Dreamweaver. Those applications create crap code that is frequently non-standard. I have spend most of the last six months reworking web content created in Frontpage, and it's been a nightmare.
There's a great, free programming editor called Notepad++. Use that.
The Web Man
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LOL, I can't believe people would even recommend frontpage. No doubt people who don't actually do professional web design.
Dreamweaver creates better code from the WYSIWYG, but if you're looking to learn web design/dev, then you're going to have to learn how to hand code. Even Dreamweaver will only get you so far.
Dreamweaver creates better code from the WYSIWYG, but if you're looking to learn web design/dev, then you're going to have to learn how to hand code. Even Dreamweaver will only get you so far.