It's definitely possible for people to have dev environments that are objectively insane. Dreamweaver isn't too crazy though — some people use Vim.
I've not really used Dreamweaver in years, but I assume most people disable the visual editor? Unless it's possible to preview using Chrome rendering and get some sort of LiveReload setup going? Does it even have a built in server, or does it just show static sites?
The concept of Dreamweaver isn't a bad one, it's just their technology and standards support that's all mangled.
Someone could probably create an awesome Dreamweaver-like integrated IDE using a mashup of Blink, nginx, Git, FTP, and Sublime Text. It'd make your local environment loads easier to set up.
My combination of tools works great right now, but feels a bit cobbled together. Step one in web dev is figuring out a solid setup — took me years to get to a point where I'm really efficient. It's probably a barrier to entry. A single integrated thing, that followed standards, would definitely make it easier for new people to learn.
I've not really used Dreamweaver in years, but I assume most people disable the visual editor? Unless it's possible to preview using Chrome rendering and get some sort of LiveReload setup going? Does it even have a built in server, or does it just show static sites?
The concept of Dreamweaver isn't a bad one, it's just their technology and standards support that's all mangled.
Someone could probably create an awesome Dreamweaver-like integrated IDE using a mashup of Blink, nginx, Git, FTP, and Sublime Text. It'd make your local environment loads easier to set up.
My combination of tools works great right now, but feels a bit cobbled together. Step one in web dev is figuring out a solid setup — took me years to get to a point where I'm really efficient. It's probably a barrier to entry. A single integrated thing, that followed standards, would definitely make it easier for new people to learn.