GoLive/Dreamweaver

[wunwspirit]

Hi all,

I am very new at web development and not a coder at all. I designed
my <a href="http://dennisroliff.com">website</a> in GoLive version 4 (yes very old) and have not upgraded. I would like to ease into some new software and web technologies.
I see that Adobe is pushing Dreamweaver in their new CS3 packages.
Apparently there is a GoLive 9 but I hear that they are phasing out this software. Has anyone worked with both? Any advantages of one over the other? How steep is the learning curve for Dreamweaver?

Thanks in advance for any input.

Dennis

[Centauri]

and not a coder at all.

I would suggest you become one - html and css is not that hard to learn, and you gain much more control over your site conformance, accessibility, function and efficiency than can be done using a WYSIWYG style program in that mode. Whilst I use Dreamweaver myself, I use it as an aid to code writing - using one of these programs in "design view" will give unnecessary code bloat and reduce your ability to produce a cross-browser, easily maintainable site.

[Rohen]

I'm relatively new to Web Development as well, having gone through the tutorials that W3C offers, and I can say that I agree with Centauri that it is incredably easy to learn.

I also use Dreamweaver (and Photoshop), and while I really cannot recommend WYSISYG editors for professional results, they serve as a quick "look see" of your coding process. Dreamweaver is great for all the other features it has, like code validation (while not as precise as the W3C's online tool) and being able to connect to your Hosting Server for quick editing.

Anyways, to answer your question, if you have experience using an editor like NVU (or Konqueror), then Dreamweaver should be a piece of cake. I highly recommend using Dreamweaver for your web projects.

BTW - This is my first post...