Dreamweaver is an Adobe software used for web development. The set up itself is very comfortable and allows for real time previews of your code. It’s great for beginner web developers as well, it includes free design templates and syntax correction.
Dreamweaver is a program that can be used with little knowledge of HTML, because it gives you the tools needed to be able to build a website visually through preview.

Live preview? What’s that?

I’m going to go more in depth about what this preview offers. If you are familiar with Microsoft Word then you are good to go, the design process is very similar to Word. All you need to do is insert your pictures and information, and Dreamweaver will create the underlying code, easy as pie. You can review the code and make changes or you can study the code and pick up a few tricks.

When creating any website, there will be a multitude of files. Usually you would make a separate file for CSS and link everything there, but worry not, Dreamweaver can also do this for you.The program loads up all the files you make and separates them into your web server, pretty neat right?

Not exactly. 

Not what it seems

Don’t get me wrong, Dreamweaver is a great software and Adobe is always updating and fixing any bugs that are found. But treating it as the solution for all Web Design issues would be a mistake. You don’t have to completely understand everything about coding, but you must have some knowledge of HTML.

The program isn’t full proof, so you need to have the knowledge to correct the mistakes the computer might generate when sorting your code. Using the drag and drop feature is simple and quick, but the code can sometimes come out messy and a little wonky. 

All over the internet you’ll see different opinions about Dreamweaver. Many people avoid it like the plague and others regard it as helpful and comfortable. You’ll either love it or you’ll hate it entirely, there is no inbetween. 

However as for my personal opinion, I’ll share the things I find most useful and things I would like Adobe to fix in the following years. 

Great things:

• Fluid Grid Layouts
• Page Templates
• File organization
• Code Suggestion
• Code Highlighting
• SpellCheck

Bad Things:

• Design View. (Very buggy)
• Bulky Code
• Can lead to Lazy Designs
• Not in Full Control (if you code using only design view you’ll end up with ugly bulky code)

These are some things that I love and hate about Dreamweaver, but like I said before everyone’s opinion is different. Try it out yourself and see if it is the right match for you. See you next time!