Experienced coder moving to DW: Any tips?

Question

i've been hand-coding HTML and CSS for years now, and I
typically do all of my websites by hand using TextMate for my Mac.
I recently purchased the Web Premium CS3 suite, and I'd really like
to take advantage of what DW has to offer for an experienced web
designer. Any long-time users, especially code monkeys like myself,
who can give me pointers for maximizing my productivity in
Dreamweaver, and also in the Createive Suite? Right now DW is just
a code editor with nice embedded FTP and Preview tools.

Answer 1

> I see nothing wrong with calling DW a WYSIWYG editor
since anyone with
> decent HTML knowledge should understand that this comes
with
> qualifications.
I submit this forum's many posts as prima facie testimony
that the acronym
WYSIWYG gives rise to the false belief that what you see *is*
what you get.
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
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"Mister Mustard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:53:40 -0500, danilocelic
AdobeCommunityExpert
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Murray is stating that "visual editor" is a more
appropriate term for
>>differentiating the tools such as
Dreamweaver/FP/GoLive from Hotdog HTML32
>>etc. The reason for this is that there will *always*
be differences
>>between "what you see" in Dreamweaver (or other
visual editors) and "what
>>you get" in just about any browser. Because of the
various differences,
>>from displaying graphic representations of repeated
elements, to borders
>>around forms, to any number of CSS rendering
differences -- WYSIWYG is
>>therefore an incorrect term to use in reference to
Dreamweaver. Because
>>you are not seeing in Dreamweaver is what you get in
browsers, hence
>>Murray's repeating of his mantra.
>>
>>There's an easy solution, Murray will definitely keep
on doing what he's
>>doing, and you can choose to not worry about what
he's doing with his
>>time.
>>
>>Have a great evening.
>
> Thanks, Danilo, I understand what Murray is saying. I
was just
> expressing my opinion, which I believe is okay in this
forum.
>
> "WYSIWYG" is a term used for years. While "visual
editor" may be a
> more appropriate term, if I were not already familiar
with DW, I would
> speculate that this term was describing what I would
call WYSIWYG.
>
> I see nothing wrong with calling DW a WYSIWYG editor
since anyone with
> decent HTML knowledge should understand that this comes
with
> qualifications. As you and I know, some browsers do
things differently
> and no matter how perfect DW becomes, it will always be
necessary to
> take these things into account and to test.
>
> Very rarely is DW8 not 100% WYSIWYG for me and I know
how to make
> choices, thank you.