Expression Engine Tutorial, Editing Templates From An External Editor

[LeBearUK]

dreamweaver is a fantastic program, it increases productivity, anybody who's invested in it should know that design view isn't a true render of your page, that's what the preview button is for

[sydpix]

I will never understand the argument about DW and Web Developing? I say, use what works for you. I think it's common knowledge by now that W3C standards are what most web developers strive for. Whether you code by hand, or use DW, provided the goal is the same, who cares how you get there? I use DW and I think it's a great tool for managing sites. The goal? learn to code correctly and everything else will fall into place. Regardless of the editor you choose.

[david9926]

In my experience autogenerated code from any editor is why WYSIWYG editors get the scoffs. Almost across the board it's crap. If you can write real code, it doesn't matter what you use. I grew up on Notepad, then it was HomeSite, but I have used DW for years. It saves me so much time and makes code easier to work with by instantly visualizing results.

[DesignDaddy]

All that aside, thanks for sharing your EE tip.

[DesignDaddy]

Frowned upon for developers to use Dreamweaver? That's news to me.

[fictionalhead]

People who use Dreamweaver to prepare their page structure are usually looked down on. It's fine for editing code, like I said, but when you use it to actually "design" or layout your pages... it usually means you don't know what you're doing as a coder.

[DesignDaddy]

I gathered that there is a looking down one's nose attitude going along with the statement. I happen to strongly disagree and think it's a very misguided attitude. Not an one I've encountered much among web design professionals (and yes professionals who write code).

[voodazz]

I use DW, but I still hand code everything. Dream Weaver has a few useful tools that do aid in productivity.

I've encountered other coders who scoff at using it at all and I usually tell them to go **** themselves.

Damn elitist snobs.

[Xials]

@fictionalhead People who 'code' webpages are usually looked down upon by people who actually code. Real coders use languages like C, C++, Java, C#, and Objective-C. Most of them know how to manage their own files and memory. They know how to parse markup languages, not just how to write in them.

[DeadBranchStudios]

@DesignDaddy It throws in a lot of extra code, makes a mess.

[DesignDaddy]

@DeadBranchStudios That is completely untrue.

[ninja2001k]

handy tip, thanks. keep them coming