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What's the best FREE equivilant to Dreamweaver?

What's the best FREE equivilant to Dreamweaver?

papuccino1	30 May, 2009 - 12:28 PM Post #1
C# Programmer Joined: 2 Mar, 2008 Posts: 943 Thanked: 33 times Dream Kudos: 50 My Contributions	I want to learn some HTML since it's raining today and what the hell, why not? I don't have the moola to pay 7000$ for dreamweaver so I'd like to try a free program that offers similar tools. Any suggestions?
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BigAnt	RE: What's The Best FREE Equivilant To Dreamweaver? 30 May, 2009 - 12:35 PM Post #2
May Your Swords Stay Sharp Joined: 16 Aug, 2008 Posts: 2,391 Thanked: 100 times Dream Kudos: 75 My Contributions	If you want to learn the HTML code then I would suggest using notepad or notepad++ as a starting point.
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papuccino1	RE: What's The Best FREE Equivilant To Dreamweaver? 30 May, 2009 - 12:41 PM Post #3
C# Programmer Joined: 2 Mar, 2008 Posts: 943 Thanked: 33 times Dream Kudos: 50 My Contributions	Downloaded Notepad++. Is it best if I learn to view only code and then use a WYSIWYG editor?
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jcmaster2	RE: What's The Best FREE Equivilant To Dreamweaver? 30 May, 2009 - 01:43 PM Post #4
D.I.C Head Joined: 27 Apr, 2009 Posts: 139 Thanked: 4 times My Contributions	Try NVU http://www.nvu.com/ You should as stated above learn XHTML first- good to know behind the hood stuff before letting an editor do it all for you...
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capty99	RE: What's The Best FREE Equivilant To Dreamweaver? 30 May, 2009 - 01:44 PM Post #5
i am colt mccoy Joined: 26 Apr, 2001 Posts: 9,780 Thanked: 29 times Dream Kudos: 550 My Contributions	If you ever want to be considered a web guy don't use a wysiwyg. at first your gonna say i wish i could see this in wysiwyg, but as you go on you will realize they only ruin code, make your life harder, and slow you down. learn to code on your own. like he said, if on a pc grab notepad++, if your on a mac i would grab something like coda, which costs <100 but ramps up productivity. i actually do use dreamweaver, but I never, ever, touch the WYSIWYG, i leave only my code window open and use it for the other features such as ftp/syntax highlighting and that sort of thing.
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crazyjugglerdrummer	RE: What's The Best FREE Equivilant To Dreamweaver? 31 May, 2009 - 12:54 PM Post #6
YOUR AD HERE Joined: 7 Jan, 2009 Posts: 677 Thanked: 94 times Dream Kudos: 425 My Contributions	MSWORD has cheap convert to html stuff, nvu is discontinued and has been replace by kompozer.
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chili5	RE: What's The Best FREE Equivilant To Dreamweaver? 31 May, 2009 - 04:54 PM Post #7
D.I.C Lover Joined: 28 Dec, 2007 Posts: 1,045 Thanked: 8 times My Contributions	Kompozer sucks really badly though. I would rather just use a text editor. Notepad++ has a lot of really good features. Dreamweaver is good for quite a lot of things though, and can save quite a bit of time. Though hand coding is always better. This post has been edited by chili5: 31 May, 2009 - 04:54 PM
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gregwhitworth	RE: What's The Best FREE Equivilant To Dreamweaver? 1 Jun, 2009 - 07:01 AM Post #8
(this).problem + "sucks"; Joined: 20 Jan, 2009 Posts: 1,131 Thanked: 82 times Dream Kudos: 50 Expert In: HTML, CSS, Web Design My Contributions	QUOTE i actually do use dreamweaver, but I never, ever, touch the WYSIWYG, i leave only my code window open and use it for the other features such as ftp/syntax highlighting and that sort of thing. Same here. And it isn't $7000 dollars - Dreamweaver: $399 Web Suite: $1699 In my opinion it's worth the purchase if you plan on making this a career - if not - I would just use notepad and a free FTP client. -- Greg
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