Dreamweaver against pure MySQL/PHP with CSS style sheets

[overberg]

Hey guys i need some advice. About to start on my first website for a friend who's a jeweller. Do i use dreamweaver or MySQL/PHP? At first it will be an informative website, but she wants to sell stuff on in later. What's the best choice here?

[el_bastardo]

first you use dreamweaver/photoshop to build a layout for the site.

then you can make this site static (if you only need a few pages/no database) or dynamic (php/mysql).

[raistlinmagic]

I use dreamweaver to design sites. Most of them use a database. The extra time spent to at least put your text ( site news, about us, ) in a database can make it easier to work with later on if you need to make changes. Just build some editing pages for the site that are password protected.

[gfx_murphy]

Draemweaver is a tool to do the job.. It doesnt really matter if you code in dreamweaver or.. notepad.
You'd probably be better using some PHP IDE - if you create a dynamic site - PHP waterproof or Zend - will make it easier to spot misspelling, higlight errors and such.

[lcoulter]

Over the years I have tried almost everything from writing my own code to all the numerous apps for website building. IMO Dreamweaver is about as good as it gets.. and I highly recommend it.

[cephas]

Dreamweaver is more or less industry standard i'ld say and each year it gets more or less better its defintely the way to go..

[Ghostmonkey]

In important thing to think about is where do you want to go with this site~ meaning how is it going to evolve over time. By using Dreamweaver mainly adobe products they work together rather well. So you can change with the times as well as the content^^

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[Varelei]

I personally prefer hand-coding - Dreamweaver offers many ways to generate the HTML code, etc, needed to create websites, and although it saves time I think to hand-code it is better. You get a feel for what you're doing and how you personally structure and style elements, rather than use a few clicks to generate what you want. That, and I can type fast enough, lol.

But the program itself is good, and widely used, therefore providing a BIG group of users that could provide support should problems ever arise (MX2004, lovely crashes back then, lol...), so I'd use it if I was you. Also, MySql/PHP isn't a program like Dreamweaver or anything, it's a coding language - you'd need to use that even in Dreamweaver if you wanted to make a site with dynamic content - it depends on what you want. User Logins, Shopping Cart, etc = MySql + PHP. Static, yet slightly dynamic = XHTML + JS. You can do shopping carts, etc, in JavaScript, but MySql + PHP is a better choice.

Still, seeing as how it's your first website, I'd go and get Dreamweaver so you'll find it easier to code the website, then read up on MySql + PHP and get the dynamics going. Dreamweaver can also help with that partially, if you'd like it to, ^^.

[CheekyDog]

For those who can't create raw code, DW is ideal. Use DW to generate the the code then go through it and make the needed changes. IMHO.

[amibios]

hi

for design i use DW and for code i use zend studio, it's perfect for php+MySQL. :)

But when i am with hurry i make design and code all in DW. It's very intuitive program..