I do agree with most people here. I find that Dreamweaver is easily maintainable and was a pleasure to work with. Especially with the CS5 version. Lots of fun
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Only noobs use WYSIWYGs! Can't believe so many are recommending it, it's poor practice to go straight into such things without actually understanding HTML/CSS etc.. Learn CSS and HTML properly then use notepad.
Dude, we totally need to go for the record: a decade! Yesh. And for the rest of you: y'all should be using vim like real men.