There is a very popular school of thought in the web development world that rewards programmers who use WYSIWYG tools. The biggest challenge with these tools comes from those users who do not truly understand the code that is being written for them. Like when your 7th grade math teacher told you it was okay to use your calculator as soon as you could do the problems without it. Seemed counter intuitive then, and the same applies here.

When you do understand what your output is, you can then up your code capabilities by the installation of a dreamweaver extension , or an external software package that, when installed with the Adobe Extension Manager, provides additional functionality to Dreamweaver.

Specialty application development can also be added to your Dreamweaver application by installing
PHP scripts. These are pre-made code solutions that provide complete functionality.

After these scripts are loaded in, all that is left for the developer is to customize and apply appropriate style functions that will seamlessly integrate the new functionality into the existing web pages.

For those coders that truly understand what the output is all about, these extensions can save hours and hours of repetitive work. For those a little less knowledgeable, it is a fine opportunity to learn.

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