Whats better than Dreamweaver

[nick9191]

I'm studying Computing at University. Our Internet Technology lecturer will kill us if he sees us using anything other than notepad for coding web pages, we don't even have Dreamweaver installed on the machines, which I am glad of. 6 months ago I couldn't have coded a single page, now I can build a fairly decent website with XHTML, CSS and JavaScript, I don't really have an eye for design so I'm sure the sites I build look like ass, but nonetheless.

I'm not saying you should hand code everything, time is money and Dreamweaver is a good tool. But I certainly think if you classify yourself as a pro, then you should know how to hand code everything, even if you don't.

 

[MoreBS]

Agreed. Although I use it as a tool,

It reminds me of my interview for my current job. They asked if I require the use of any tools to write HTML - I said at a minimum I require a pencil and paper. They laughed.

absolutely learn to handcode - then use portions of different tools to gain efficiencies.

 

[rev316]

Purely going with a flat text editor is a waste of time IMHO. Especially when I'm tabbing through different markup, or other code. It's better to use a text editor with either HTML as its forte (Coda, Espresso), or have the ability to have be extended with bundled plugins (Textmate). The WYSIWYG in Dreamweaver is nothing more then a "guide". Maybe it should be called, "What You see Is What Get Depending on how much I Messed up your Html".

My advice - Learn HTML, go get Coda, and install it's Live Preview bundle (for instant gratification).

 

[7031]

Purely going with a flat text editor is a waste of time IMHO. Especially when I'm tabbing through different markup, or other code. It's better to use a text editor with either HTML as its forte (Coda, Espresso), or have the ability to have be extended with bundled plugins (Textmate). The WYSIWYG in Dreamweaver is nothing more then a "guide". Maybe it should be called, "What You see Is What Get Depending on how much I Messed up your Html".

My advice - Learn HTML, go get Coda, and install it's Live Preview bundle (for instant gratification).

Agreed. I love Coda and yes, it definitely helps me when working on my websites. However, I would also say that if you are using Windows, Dreamweaver is very useful, and I suppose for times when you feel like using a WYSIWYG editor, it functions well in this sector as well. Of course, Coda has a much lower memory footprint.

 

[a cat *miaow*]

Agreed. A true professional knows how to be efficient with their time, which rarely applies if you hand-code everything.

Absolutely. You hear a lot of people being very precious –*if it's not hand coded you can't know what you're doing. Dreamweaver has it's annoyances but it's still a very good application. I've tried a few others (I wanted to love Coda so much but it's not for me) but always come back to it. I, for the most part admit to using it as a very expensive text editor but it's good to have the flexibility if needed.