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Anybody used Dreamweaver to write PHP?
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 11:32 am
by alex_public
I'd like to know experiences in using this tool.
Is it worthy?
does it work with complex app.?
Thanks
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 12:27 pm
by qads
i use it most of the time, can't be bothered to switch bettween programms cos of the layout checkng etc.
its quite good but i am sure most people will tell you better ones

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 12:53 pm
by SantaGhost
i use dreamweaver and it works perfectly for me, i got a local server for easy troubleshooting, sometimes it doesnt get the color codes perfectly but it works fine for me...
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 1:09 pm
by Linkjames
Its what I use. It does the job fine for me.
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 1:44 pm
by Unipus
Works as well as any other decent text editor.
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 2:18 pm
by Aaron
Works fine for me. I cant use anything else, theres no PHP supported html editors.
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 2:39 pm
by JayBird
Yup, i use it too, not exclusively, but 90% of the time.
Mark
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 2:41 pm
by xisle
I have problems with other users of a particular site using the page sync
functions and overwriting my work on the server.
I no longer recommend to clients that they use
Dreamweaver or a coding tool with sync functions.
For code editing I am sure it is fine, this is only a
case of consulting with a client of what best to use
when they choose to work on their own pages.
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 1:06 am
by locscout
why not use phpEd, very cool, i like it
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:11 am
by twigletmac
Don't use Dreamweaver's ability to autogenerate PHP code, it produces a great big pile of inefficient, pretty useless, will be difficult for you to maintain (based on questions I've seen in the forum) code. Use it as a text-editor and write your own PHP.
Mac
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:37 am
by Nay
I've used dreamweaver before, and like Mac said, it has a lot of unnecessary codes in it. I scratch my head sometimes wondering why they're even there.
Anyway, there are a few good HTML editors that colors the PHP syntax and all. 1st Page 2000 from
Evrsoft and
HTML-kit is a few of them.
-Nay
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:49 am
by JayBird
Dreamweaver is excellent if you know how to use it correctly and know what you are doing.
The only time Dreamweaver adds a lot of uneccessary code is when you don't understand the HTML/code the it being used.
If you use it entirely as a WYSYWIG editor, then yes, your code will be messy, you need to be in the Code view most of the time, or the split code/design view.
I have used Dreamweaver since version 2 and have tried numerous other applications, none even come close to Dreamweaver.
Mark
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:52 am
by Nay
lol. I just used Dreamweaver for a while and gave up on it. I wasn't that keen to the interface. Well, it's just an opionion lol. But then when it all comes down to the fastest and most flexible, It's notepad.
One that does nothing is good for anything. Notepad's completely manual lol.
-Nay
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 12:42 pm
by Unipus
I guess it's the most flexible, but it's sure not the fastest. I don't understand how you can be efficient when you have no contextual coloring, no line numbers, no syntax completion, no automatic style linking.
I used to use Notepad, too, and now I will certainly never go back. But, to each his own.
UltraEdit 32 is an extremely full-featured editor with PHP support, as well. I alternate between that and DWMX.
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 12:52 pm
by JayBird
Unipus wrote:I guess it's the most flexible, but it's sure not the fastest. I don't understand how you can be efficient when you have no contextual coloring, no line numbers, no syntax completion, no automatic style linking.
What program are you talking about there?
Mark