I came across CoffeCup. Is that any good, what does it do for me? I'm a very novice user and I want to learn HTML for real however while I'm at it, some added assistance I wouldn't mind at all. Is CoffeCup the best or are there better programs for it and is Macromedia Dreamweaver pretty much the same thing from a different company? Thx.
well man i think that dreamweaver is a great program will i dont know if any one else think its not but for me i always depend on it ................ and for CoffeCup well i dont know it that much but i think its really good one i have 4 of my friends use it i think that is enough for me to say its really great program ...............
I am not a fan of the Coffee Cup HTML editor... but Dreamweaver is not for the faint of heart They are NOT the same... I think Dreamweaver is pretty much considered the top WYSIWYG program. But you should consider taking a class or finding some really good tutorials, 'cause you probably won't learn it just by playing with it. If you want straight HTML/CSS (no wysiwyg) you should search for a more professional HTML coding program - I know they are out there and there are some good ones for free (check ratings on download . com)
Were it me, I wouldn't go with coffee cup... Dreamweaver is a much better program all the way around. I think it's easier to use, and it also produces the cleanest code of any of the wysiwig editor. If you're wanting to learn HTML, I also would suggest not going with the most recent version of Dreamweaver, but looking at one of the older versions. I personally like version 4, and the UltraDev package. You should be able to pick either of those up on ebay fairly cheaply.
I used to use dreamweaver. Ive moved onto Microsoft Expression (Pretty much a dream weaver clone) I find expression much easier to use. Wouldnt go with coffee cup. Go with either Dream Weaver or Expression. Fairly expensive but well worth it. Or get a crack whichever you want.
Personaly if you want to learn HTML I would go the manuel way and use notepad or download notepad++ as for WYSIWYG editors dreamweaver is top of the market right now and the code is very clean producing none to very little errors.
I would definately use dreamweaver as it exports very clean code and has extensive features. There is also a lot of support and documentation for it with thousands of tutorials on it. The best way to learn is usually through experience and not just reading books in my opinion...
If you want to be a real coder, get yourself any text editor that has the features you like. Do not bother with Notepad, it's a thirty minute bit of throw-away programming. Some of the knock-offs, e.g. Notepad2 et al, aren't too bad, and may be all you need. My own preference is Emacs, simply because it is the most powerful and extensible text editor there is (Vi fanboyz will make good arguments for their own favorite). Dreamweaver and other wysiwyg applications produce pretty much crap for code. Unless you really know what you're doing, it can be a PITA to make it good. cheers, gary