Macromedia Dreamweaver MX (B000066E8H) - Reviews and Prices

Editorial Review:

Build Web sites and Internet applications with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX. Work within one environment to easily create and manage any professional Web site, whether it's built using HTML, XHTML, XML, Web services, ColdFusion, ASP.NET, ASP, JSP, or PHP. Dreamweaver MX is a complete solution combining the visual layout tools of Dreamweaver, the Web application features of Dreamweaver UltraDev, and the code editing support of HomeSite.

The new integrated workspace shared with Macromedia Flash MX and Fireworks MX includes tabbed document windows, dockable panel groups, customizable toolbars, and integrated file browsing. Prebuilt layouts and code, including site structures, forms, accessible templates, and JavaScript functions for interactivity, allow you to get started fast. A site setup wizard helps configure site information instantly for managing dynamic sites, staged sites, or sites hosted by ISPs.

Write code faster than ever before using features like code hints, tag editors, extensible color coding, tag choosers, snippets, and code validation. Accelerate development with support for XML, including creating, editing, validating XML code, and importing XML schemas. Easily introspect XML Web services. Ensure standards compliance with default creation of XHTML output, easy conversion from standard HTML to XHTML, and increased support for CSS2.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

Only works in Code View:

Installed Dreamweaver MX to do basic website updates on a multi-page HTML and CSS based site. The program works fine in Code View, but when I switch to Design View or the Split View, the whole program freezes and I have to restart. Be warned, if you're using Windows XP SP3.
Also note, this product is not eligible for the upgrades to Dreamweaver CS4 - only MX 2004 and above are eligible for upgrade pricing from Adobe.
Apart from those caveats, Dreamweaver MX is a good code editor for websites.

More Crashes Less Work Done:

This product consistently crashes multiple times a day. Usually javascript errors or unknown errors. Yes it does rewrite code incorrectly at times and has cost me more work lost than I could actually get done by using it. It is ust an overbloated text editor. Support is horrible. This product is a waste of time and has been since it first introduction. I only use it occasionally because it is slightly better than the most basic text editor and then I still cringe.

You can do better:

As a professional web designer and the web lead for my company, I chose DreamWeaver MX for our primary Web-IDE. It is a decision I have come to regret.
DreamWeaver makes many fine promises, but like a presidential candidate, once it's in the office, it fails to keep those promises. Let me give you some idea what I'm talking about:
Version control:
DreamWeaver's version control is very simplistic, and to be fair, DreamWeaver integrates with MS VSS and Macromedia's own versioning system, but... more info

Dreamweaver MX 2004 - good for PHP, bad for people:

I am a big fan of Dreamweaver 4 and have been trying MX 2004 because my DW4 broke. All i can say is it's a great for writing PHP scripts and not much else. Once i switch to design view, i am confronted with stupid things like the cut and paste feature messesing with my code.

If you Google the phrase "Dreamweaver 4 compatible editable regions", you'll find a hack useful in helping all who still stick to the old DW4 template syntex.

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