Paid Members neil's bitch Posted February 15, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted February 15, 2011 Morning all, Â I havent created a website in a long long time, and was thinking of trying to get my head into some new software. Personally the best thing i ever used was Dreamweaver (a long time ago) but am aware there is some better stuff out there currently! Â Let me know which software you use/how much/how good/how easy it is, and it'd be much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old School Square Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I like to use notepad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members neil's bitch Posted February 15, 2011 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 15, 2011 I like to use notepad. Â Fair dues, i know some people do still enjoy (or prefer anyway) coding the whole thing from scratch, although im not that hot on my coding anymore! Â Any decent software people know of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted February 15, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted February 15, 2011 Unfortunately good websites aren't made with good software. The best websites are the ones where a client-side developer has hand-written the HTML and CSS with accessibility, browser compatibility and W3C standards in mind. Â Dreamweaver's come a long way, but when using design view it can only guess what you want to do and therefore mark-up isn't as lean or optimized as if it were done by hand. Â To answer the question, on Windows I use e text editor, which is great for PHP development with its tab-triggered snippets. On Mac, I use Espresso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members neil's bitch Posted February 15, 2011 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 15, 2011 Unfortunately good websites aren't made with good software. The best websites are the ones where a client-side developer has hand-written the HTML and CSS with accessibility, browser compatibility and W3C standards in mind. Dreamweaver's come a long way, but when using design view it can only guess what you want to do and therefore mark-up isn't as lean or optimized as if it were done by hand.  To answer the question, on Windows I use e text editor, which is great for PHP development with its tab-triggered snippets. On Mac, I use Espresso. Hmmm , have checked out the ole E text editor, seems like an easy code editor which is cool, although again im not up to scratch on my coding these days sadly! Might give the trial ago and see how it works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted February 15, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted February 15, 2011 Unfortunately good websites aren't made with good software. The best websites are the ones where a client-side developer has hand-written the HTML and CSS with accessibility, browser compatibility and W3C standards in mind. Dreamweaver's come a long way, but when using design view it can only guess what you want to do and therefore mark-up isn't as lean or optimized as if it were done by hand.  To answer the question, on Windows I use e text editor, which is great for PHP development with its tab-triggered snippets. On Mac, I use Espresso. Hmmm , have checked out the ole E text editor, seems like an easy code editor which is cool, although again im not up to scratch on my coding these days sadly! Might give the trial ago and see how it works! I'm a developer, so I spend a lot of time in a text editor. However, Dreamweaver's far too bloated for me to write text, and I didn't want to be writing the same things over and over again.  As aforementioned, e text editor has tab-triggered snippets that means I don't have to keep monotonously typing out if/else statements, or class structures by hand. I can type if or class and hit Tab and common code blocks are automatically written for me ready to populate parameters and clauses. It's a God-send if you're a developer. If you're a designer, there's Photoshop or Fireworks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bringbackwrestling Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I like Dreamweaver and the MX Studio but for free http://kompozer.net/ is hard to beat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted February 16, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted February 16, 2011 I like Dreamweaver and the MX Studio but for free http://kompozer.net/ is hard to beat MX Studio? That's a blast from the past! There's been five version of the Creative Suite since the last incarnation of Macromedia MX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators neil Posted February 16, 2011 Moderators Share Posted February 16, 2011 I like to use notepad. Â FTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bringbackwrestling Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I like Dreamweaver and the MX Studio but for free http://kompozer.net/ is hard to beat MX Studio? That's a blast from the past! There's been five version of the Creative Suite since the last incarnation of Macromedia MX creature of habit took me years to move on from HoT MetaL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majik Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I'll be slated here by the old schoolers, but I'm CMS all the way I'm afraid. Joomla 1.6 has just been released, and 2.0 is due in six months. Easy to install, css is dead easy to adjust, and there are so many plug ins available. Â Majik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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