Jeremy Bertenshaw wrote: > Dude, learn html, it's piss easy, those wysiwyg editors > produce the most bloated code that half the time doesn't > work in anything but IE.
Dreamweaver is actually quite good. The code it produces is surprisingly clean (I suspect Frontpage is worse). In fact, its worth the money just for the built-in site management. Rename a file and it instantly updates all your links site-wide (it prompts you first, of course). It can also check and find broken links. I'm also quite fond of Fireworks for doing web graphics. My new web page for the LCD project was done with these packages (and it needs updating already). I've only managed to confuse Dreamweaver a couple of times. It does help to keep an eye on the code as you edit (you can have code and layout views at the same time). If it screws up you just go into the code window and do whatever you want in there. Either way its a fantastic time-saver over hand-coding. A working knowledge of HTML is definitely advantageous if you care about getting clean code. BTW if you only wanted it for personal use, the educational price is very attractive. A weekend course at the Polytech will get you a student ID... Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
