I took an HTML class last year and used NotePad++, a free
text editing application, to write the HTML code for our project Web sites. It displayed line numbers and assigned text
colors that identify what type of HTML code is being written. In addition, it allowed the code writers to
preview the page in a variety of browsers. Dreamweaver takes this concept
and gives it an extra mega shot of vitamin B12. I know we were learning to write basic HTML, but I would love to have been
able to use this application as well.
This is some powerful Web authoring tool. Below is my screen shot of the two ways the
basic HTML page can be displayed in Dreamweaver. Please note that I did my writing in the
design view. This WYSIWYG (What You See
is What You Get) feature is the feature that probably attracts many Web
designers to use Dreamweaver.
For me, I was able to focus on the content of what I was
writing rather than making sure that I used the correct tags and that they were
opened and closed appropriately. The default view has the version of the HTML
used in the document, the initial elements, and the start and end <body>
element tag already written in. All I had
to do at this point is to type in the design panel. The code panel was being populated with the
elements that I was adding to the page. Because
I did have some HTML training, I can also make some editing to the page by
using the code view if necessary.
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Screen Shot of Code and Design View in Dreamweaver |
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