Dreamweaver is one of the best HTML, editors and web page creation applications. Anybody can efficiently create and design web pages or complex we sites very easily with the help of advanced graphical interface tools and latest techniques. The software not only aids you in web page creation and editing, but also is a web application builder, FTP client and website assets manager. It lets you design and develop web sites pretty swiftly. Editing web pages created with some other HTML editor is also possible in Dreamweaver and the program makes not distinction as far as providing functionality is concerned. The integration provided with Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Flash and Contribute is an added advantage with this application. The pages so created are normally called as a ‘dynamic page’ because the final content is delivered based on requests made by web browsers or visitors. Dreamweaver develops such ‘dynamic’ pages with support from the MySQL database, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP.NET and ColdFusion. The ‘assets’ panel can be accessed from the ‘Window’ menu and lets you manage all assets such as images, videos, libraries and templates that are used on a Web page. A Dreamweaver page is a collection of files and assets. After you have created a web page using Dreamweaver site management tools like link checker and HTML tag Validator.

Some new features in Dreamweaver

The latest version has lots o new features. The change in interface is noticeable when the program opens. Though it is not significantly differently from the last version of Dreamweaver, it is more customizable and similar to Photoshop or InDesign interface. A user can dock palettes to the edge of interface, dock different palettes together and maximize or minimize palettes as per choice. Just hover the mouse over the far right side of the window to bring the hidden panels on the screen. The same tool can bring property bars, hidden at the bottom, in full view. The full screen view is a joy for Photoshop and InDesign users, who are already familiar with such an interface as other Adobe products. The new ‘Split Code’ view option under the layer menu opens two code windows or code views. This is very useful for a large document with lots of code as the change in on view automatically reflects in the second view. This view can be horizontal or vertical as per a user’s choice. There is no need to go to the browser each time the code changes as the ‘Live View’ feature renders the web page and shows the page, simultaneously. Dreamweaver has also improved Photoshop integration with itself as well as provides improved compatibility. Just drag and drop a Photoshop smart object PSD file onto a Dreamweaver page and you shall be able to do image optimization, change its size and more. You can convert the PSD file to JPEG, GIF or PNG by optimizing to make a smaller file but maintaining image quality.