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What tool do you use to make webpages?
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Elkef said:
That's not true at all. Dreamweaver can do any 'nice thing' I think up to do... and besides checking browser compatibility as a built in feature, there's nothing limiting you from running browser checks elsewhere. Dreamweaver gives you a variety a tools- you can use it to make 'instant soup' or you can use it to make 'grandma's recipe'.
I find that nothing beats hand-coding for compactness and legibility. That said, I've been developing with Pagespinner for almost seven years now and love it. It's got some great utilities built-in to help generate CSS, forms, and objects. About the only thing its missing for me is line numbers, which are of great help when debugging PHP.
That said, I just became aware of a new editor called Smultron, which does have line numbers and a good number of other features which I hope to test out over the next few weeks.
That said, I just became aware of a new editor called Smultron, which does have line numbers and a good number of other features which I hope to test out over the next few weeks.
Notepad. I code all of my own HTML, by hand. That way, there's no chance of something getting added by some overzealous program.
A fine artisan doesn't need help from some program that thinks it knows how to do things better than he (or she) does.
A fine artisan doesn't need help from some program that thinks it knows how to do things better than he (or she) does.
Sure, my time is valuable. I've gotten very good at creating templates, where I just fill in the blanks for each new page. Add to that that I am a VERY fast typist, and I'm just as quick as anyone using Frontpage or Dreamweaver, and I don't have to worry about what the program is doing to my HTML code.decksnap said:Apparently your time isn't valuable. Why use a calculator when you've mastered long division?
A lot of fluent code writers use Dreamweaver too.
photoshop, a little imageready, illustrator, swish, dreamweaver, flash, etc...
on PC, hopefully i'll migrate web design to Macs (all graphic design are done on Macs although )...
samples at http://www.mantra.com.pe/mantra_ingles/galeriaweb.htm (english version done on an automatic translator as a first step. Now I have to rewrite it all, so don't freak out ...)
on PC, hopefully i'll migrate web design to Macs (all graphic design are done on Macs although
)...samples at http://www.mantra.com.pe/mantra_ingles/galeriaweb.htm (english version done on an automatic translator as a first step. Now I have to rewrite it all, so don't freak out
...)
I was thinking about using Freeway Express because of the price. Does anyone make successful use of it?
Depending on what the client is looking for I use a combination of:
BBEdit (HTML, CSS, JAVA)
Dreamweaver(Stressing the importance of knowing the basic of HTML)
Flash
Content Development:
Illustrator
Photoshop
Imageready
Painter
Final Cut
After Effects
Maya
Its great to be well rounded but as far as web design goes, I believe that a solid knowledge of HTML used in an application as powerful as Dreamweaver can work wonders.
BBEdit (HTML, CSS, JAVA)
Dreamweaver(Stressing the importance of knowing the basic of HTML)
Flash
Content Development:
Illustrator
Photoshop
Imageready
Painter
Final Cut
After Effects
Maya
Its great to be well rounded but as far as web design goes, I believe that a solid knowledge of HTML used in an application as powerful as Dreamweaver can work wonders.
Primarily Dreamweaver MX 2004, Photoshop, FlashMX2004 Pro, Illustrator, and of course a text editor. As far as those that only hand code, glad you have the time, I don't. Be able to code by hand is important though, sometimes it's just you and vi, notepad ____name your preinstalled text editor and you have changes that must be made fast. Dreamweaver won't do everything thats for sure but there are times I have to whip something up quick and DW fits the bill. Oh and eclipse, thats a new one in my tool box. Now that Macromedia has been bought out by Adobe I'm hoping someone comes in to fill the void if Adobe GoLives Dreamweaver.
I, personally, start in Dreamweaver to do the visual layout of the page, then take that into BBEdit for cleanup and tweaking of the code itself. I find that Dreamweaver does a pretty good job of setting up the code, so, why do everything manually?
For pure coding, I use BBEdit, it's Da Bomb!
For pure coding, I use BBEdit, it's Da Bomb!