what type software do you use for website designing?
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I started using this a couple weeks ago. It's awesome, and very extensible if you know Python.
While some people mean "Design View" only when they say they use Dreamweaver, most only use "Code View". DW is one of the "few" code editors that has a comprehensive "suggest" & "complete" library for HTML and PHP tags and functions. Since a large portion of people on WF use PHP and HTML to build websites, you'll see it suggested a lot.
For a long time I used Dreamweaver to edit my HTML, JS, and CSS code, and used Photoshop to slice up the layout. I then moved to using Fireworks for the layout since I found CS4 & 5 to be a lot more efficient. Photoshop just doesn't handle vectors and large text areas well like Fireworks (which is handy when doing Lipsum text for filler).
However, since moving to Linux Mint instead of Windows, I found Geany (there's a windows and mac version) to be really extensible and you can make your own plugins. So I used that.
Recently I've been using Sublime Text 2 (in beta & free if you want that) after Dchuk suggested it to me. It's really handy. I'm still learning my way around its extensive advanced tool list, but its split views and whole document thumbnail selection alone make it really easy to navigate your files and compare revisions.
It really just depends on what level you're at as a programmer (such as your workflow and using git or svn vs just ftp) and how many different languages you know and use on a regular basis.
I kinda like netbeans but the 'suggest' and 'complete' get on my nerves and I end up turning it off. I like it cause you can set up how you want your code formatted and run it on all your files at once. But it runs on Java, which is like that cool cousin who comes around every once in a while who brings a lot of party girls over, but after he sleeps on your couch a few days you're ready for him to GTFO.
Sublime looks good, trying it out this weekend.
Sublime looks good, trying it out this weekend.
If we're talking code, phpDesigner, but if you mean graphics, then obviously Photoshop. Design it then slice it . Next best to Photoshop would be PaintShopPro imo.
WTF did I just read? Tables? For presentation? Background? LOL -rep for you sir/ma'am/it
