homesite Vs. dreamweaver
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- g3kK0_K1D
macromedia sent me randomly a trial of homesite - i dont or ever had dreamweaver but i wondered if anybody can tell me the difference between macromedias homesite 5.5 and the latest versia of dreamweaver? thank you :)
- g3kK0_K1D0
ANYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!1
- gabriel_pc0
homesite is more for coders and dreamweaver is for non-HTML savvy people.
Homesite is basically a really greate code editor, whereas Dreamweaver is a wysiwyg tool. If you're doing php or asp, homesite is definitely the way to go.
- muckychris0
I think it would be accurate to say -
Homesite is a great page building app.
Whereas DW is a great page building app but more importantly a complete site management tool as well.
- sauerbraten0
if you don't program, you can't use homesite, you can use dreamweaver as it's a visual program (glorified frontpage, but obviously way, way better)
i like homesite, but no mac version :(
- tactikal20
I started out with Homesite... but since using dreamweaver for the past couple of years there is no comparison. Anything you can do in homesite can be done 10 times as fast in dreamweaver. If you want to save time while building websites dreamweaver is the way to go.
- tfsmag0
homesite is dreamweaver code view
go with dreamweaver
thats from a programmer (and sometimes designer).
the FTP function alone makes dreamweaver worth it. when i make a change to apage it's as simple as
command s
command shift uand the page is updated
- g3kK0_K1D0
thanks guys - i think i'll still stay with my textpad editor - but might tryout both in the near future.
dreamweaver might come in handy for making quick tables :P
- MACAS00
Kid, don't act like an ignorant dude, your're comparing a bicycle with a car, they both use on different ways. Coder or not a coder DW is the professional choice, they both can be used, but DW can be as powerful with a noncoder as Homesite is powerful with a coder, get your facts straight, I hate when people ask these really dumb questions.
:)
- g3kK0_K1D0
thank you guys apart from macaso
- spent20000
i use notepad
- g3kK0_K1D0
yeah it seems the safest option - i use textpad which also works for java at the same time :)
- tactikal20
I can understand staying with something that you feel comfortable with. It was very difficult for me to switch from Homesite to Dreamweaver... I was forced to do so because of a job that I took. But having gone from notepad, to homesite, to dreamweaver I can honestly say that its a major time saver, and if you were to create large scale websites in any type of corporate capacity you wouldn't get away with notepad for very long. I can understand staying with notepad to save money, but if you can afford it go with dreamweaver, after a few weeks you'll wonder how you ever lived without it.
- tactikal20
And No, I don't work for Macromedia :)
- MACAS00
g3kK0_K1D, textpad it's wonderful for a page or two, if you're an organized skilled coder you can actually hand code a full fledge site, but everybody knows that if you want to actually "do" a real professional website, you need real strenght tools that can actually do everything, both code and design wise. when you grow up and stop being stuborn then you'll understand, why ask the stupid question if you already know the answer for it?
- MACAS00
I think you're probably that 14 year old that turned the teacher over...
- MX_OnD0
Dreamweaver is, as already mentioned, a great time saver, Homesite is purely for writing code.
Since MX2004 the WYSIWYG capabilities have improved greatly too, CSS previews directly in the authoring environment. Live Data can be displayed, SWFs will play etc etc
I do work for macromedia ;)
- g3kK0_K1D0
thanks guys that has finally answered my question {regarding the difference between the two products}- MACASO grow up buddy
- MACAS00
Ok Punk.
- g3kK0_K1D0
lol