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I use Dreamweaver. I don't use the Design (drag-drop, view) mode. I use the Code mode. Why? The design mode view is inaccurate, it doesn't correspond well to ANY browser except from the most trivial placement of the simplest elements. Further, if a file has a .php extension, it won't display, anyway. I use it because I can select any of my sites for any servers I have set up, view the local and remote file sets, ftp back and forth, immediately preview directly in any browser I have on my machine, use CVS if I like, and get some very simple (not thorough) validation. All this with a couple clicks or keystrokes. Instant preview in Firefox with F12, IE with ALT-F12, Mozilla and Opera with two clicks. These are previews from the server, the 'real' code as it exists. It's productivity. If I need local debugging of a serious nature, which is extremely rare, I can fire up Zend. Must be six months since I did that. Is a very nice Zend worth the money to me? Nopey. Dreamweaver most definitely is. Any tool that does the same would be worthwhile if you work professionally. Sure, I can fire up any text editor, browser window, FileZilla, a whole set of different things all at once, and move around from window to window. I donwanna. I wannamaxoutprofit.
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