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Dreamweaver is a web development application that was created by Macromedia. The software’s name was changed to Adobe Dreamweaver after Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2005. There are two versions of Dreamweaver, one for Windows operating systems and another for Mac operating systems. The latest versions of Dreamweaver support JavaScript, CSS and a number of other scripting languages and frameworks, like JSP, ColdFusion, ASP.NET and others.
Dreamweaver has a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor, which helps with the editing of web pages. Even non-coders are able to use the software with ease, allowing much of the HTML work to be done by anyone without hassle (vs. typing html tags in a notepad file). The various menus on Dreamweaver allow simple tag insertions where needed.
Recently, there were criticisms from a few web developers about the standards of Dreamweaver and how it didn’t produce codes suitable for W3C. The 8.0 version bypassed these criticisms by meeting the W3C code standards. This version also had increased support for CSS and other codes (other than the old fashioned tables) used for creating web layouts. It allows the user to view previews in some browsers as the web site is being created.
Being that Dreamweaver is a WYSIWYG editor, it allows users to utilize the feature “Find and Replace” to easily make edits in the code. Like most HTML editors, it allows the user to edit the HTML files locally and can then be uploaded to a web server using WebDAV, FTP or SFTP.
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