Why Use Dreamweaver for ColdFusion Development

Dreamweaver is a general-purpose Web page designer and editor, and it appeals primarily to those working extensively with Web technologies. Much of Dreamweaver focuses on the design and layout aspects of Web application development, and so Dreamweaver tends to appeal more to Web page designers and new developers than it does to highly experienced coders.

Here are some of the benefits of Dreamweaver:

  • A highly customizable workspace

  • Multiple viewing options: a code view, a design view, and a hybrid mixed view

  • Extensive menus, toolbars, and shortcuts

  • Code awareness and source code coloring

  • Drag-and-drop editing

  • Tag editors to simplify tag attribute use

  • Built-in behaviors for fast code generation

  • The capability ...

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