==Introduction== As part of my job, we write our web sites and applications in Microsoft Visual Studio, however when I need to write PHP websites, I have tended to use something as simple as notepad to do my coding. I have always found notepad to be perfect as there is no excess baggage associated with it. When I offered to write the website for my children's school, I was all set to use my trusty notepad, however the school bought me a copy of Dreamweaver CS4 as they had bought a couple of copies so that they could keep the site maintained after I had done the initial groundwork on it. Not wanting to appear ungrateful I decided to install Dreamweaver and ...  Read the complete review

I have been using the Macromedia/Adobe suite ever since I became interested in graphics & web design, when I was about 12 years old. Back then, the latest version was Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004, and even so many years ago it was an amazing program. Now, however, it has improved even more, and has changed over to Adobe, who have integrated Photoshop into the suite. I wanted to learn to use HTML and PHP to design websites, and a friend showed me how complicated and confusing this was by creating a very simple page in Notepad using code off the top of his head. After asking how he learnt HTML and managed to remember it, my friend showed me an extremely ...  Read the complete review

Dreamweaver has long been the hub of all things web design and this latest version just reinforces its position as the only program of choice. Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 is part of the Adobe Design or Web series and works brilliantly, and at its best, when used alongside Photoshop CS4, Flash CS4 and Fireworks CS4. Adobe has created the programs to integrate seamlessly and I am really glad they did as it has made me learning the software very easy. I was only a casual user of Dreamweaver before buying this latest version. I am now starting to learn web design to become a professional in a year or two or even start of my own business and this product was essential to ...  Read the complete review

although expensive this product is well worth the cash. you pay for what you get and this is a leading applications for web development. ive used Dreamweaver for many years over many different versions and it just gets better and better with each release. Adobe have managed once again with CS4 to make the user interface even more intuitive and user friendly allowing you to make any change to your site as quickly and easily as possible. feature wise this offers everything you could need with easy setup and comprehensive help files that assist you in learning how to get the best out of this application if your not already familiar with the ...  Read the complete review