What's better - Dreamweaver or Frontpage

I don't like using WYSIWYG editors. I prefer good old Notepad :P

Though if I were to choose I would use Dreamweaver.

Dreamweaver, because Frontpage makes extremely bloated code.

Dreamweaver is a very good tool, however, as all WYSIWYG editors it ends up making wrong tag nestings, redundant markup and it makes you lazy. It's better to know your code

Originally Posted by derek lapp fixed that for you.

Thats awesome and I agree. I love my notepad.

Neither. I don't use WYSIWYG editors. I prefer Vim.

But if I had to choose, I'd go with Dreamweaver. It's much better than FrontPage.

CS4 Dreamweaver most definately..of course you usually have to go back and clean up the code a bit..however...aren't we all about multi tasking now days? I use it mainly for a quick mock up.

I think Dreamweaver is better because it's more flexible than Frontpage.

Not getting this thread here at all. There is no frontpage. thats gone. If you are going to compare then compare to expression web 3.

http://www.microsoft.com/expression/..._Overview.aspx


I still prefer dreamweaver CS4 but expression web is professional level where frontpage never was.

Originally Posted by Transient123 I don't like using WYSIWYG editors. I prefer good old Notepad :P Though if I were to choose I would use Dreamweaver.

When I am doing a page to begin with I entirely agree but after the basic layout is done I like WYSIWYG tools for the tweaking of the css especially if its real time. It lends itself much more to the design process. with the right tool all the switching back and forth is eliminated.

Eg - padding & margins - you know best when the padding is right on a design when you see it not coding it.

I don't really understand why anyone is asking "which is better Dreamweaver or FrontPage?"

I say this because FrontPage was discontinued by Microsoft in 2006. It is no longer offered for sale even so unless someone has an old copy or purchases a used one they can't even get it.

FrontPage wasn't a bad editor unless you used it the way MS promoted in full WYSIWYG mode and made abundant use of the webbots. Most of the really bad code in it came from pasting content in from Word which has truly horrible code.

Dreamweaver depending on how you use it can either produce extremely clean code faster than most people can type in Notepad -something I rarely use for more than a quick edit because I prefer to use code completion and have something that checks my spelling and syntax. However, if you bring content in from Word you do need to use Edit > Paste Special to prevent garbage from coming in.

Expression Web is the current web editor from Microsoft. As with Dreamweaver it checks your spelling and is faster than typing every attribute and css property. Also, like Dreamweaver you need to use care when you bring content in from Word to prevent crap from it creeping into your code.

Both programs have very nice tools for debugging css issues but if you prefer a plain text type editor use TopStyle which has syntax highlighting and code completion for attributes and properties.

What it comes down to is not what tool you use because you can make a bad site using any html editor including Notepad but what the person making the site knows and how they use their tools of choice.

Use the trial version of various web editors, find one that makes you more productive and produces the code you are satisfied with - that's the one for you to buy.

I use all of the programs mentioned depending on what I'm doing on a website. I also use both Macs and PCs so that I can adequately test on major platforms and browsers as well as accessibility.