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Adobe Dreamweaver is a publishing professional HTML editor used to design, to codify and to develop sites, pages and applications of web. Acquired by Adobe Systems in Dec. of 2005, Dreamweaver provides the equipment or tools that will improve the experience of creation of web documents. The visual edition functions of Dreamweaver allow creating pages of fast form, without writing a single line of code. You can see all the elements or assets of the site and drag them from a panel directly to a document. You can improve the job stream of development by means of the creation and edition of images in Adobe Fireworks and later importing the same to Dreamweaver.

Dreamweaver now incorporates UltraDev, with improved functions, which facilitates the creation of web based applications on dynamic data bases by means of languages of servant like ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML), JSP and PHP.

Features of Macromedia Dreamweaver 8

  • Panels -- The administration of the Macromedia panels in Dreamweaver is coherent with both Adobe Flash and Adobe Fireworks. The folding, pliable panels can be grouped and contracted or extended according to is necessary, so that the job stream is fluid and flexible.
  • Suggestions for code -- The Suggestions for the code offer fast access to customized menus that include attributes of labels, properties of methods, suitable parameters of functions and CSS styles. This new feature allows you to view the possible codes while typing a code in the coding window in Dreamweaver.
  • Cascading JavaScript menus -- It is now possible to create cascading menus using JavaScript in Dreamweaver, a possibility that existed before in Fireworks only.
  • Flexibility in manipulating tables -- The new version supports more possibilities of manipulating tables that allow generating a more suitable code for the edition of tables, simplifying the management of attributes and assuring the maximum conclusion in all the dispositions, without affecting the compatibility between different navigators.
  • Database Panel -- A Database panel integrates quickly allowing you to review the structure and the content of the databases, and to make searches in the tables, procedures stored and views before creating the consultations.

Creative Suite Integration

Adobe packages it's most popular graphic design applications as part of a Creative Suite. These applications include: Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Premium versions of Creative Suite also include Acrobat Professional, Dreamweaver and GoLive, although it's been announced that starting with Creative Suite V3 (early 2007), GoLive will be removed in favor of Dreamweaver.

Hardware Requirements for Macromedia Dreamweaver

Windows:

  • Processor: 800 MHz or higher
  • Operating system: Windows 2000, or Windows XP SP1 or SP2
  • Memory: 256MB minimum/1GB recommended
  • Hard Disk: 650MB of available space
  • Video: Resolution of 1024 X 768 or higher

Macintosh:

  • Processor: 600MHz PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor
  • Operating System: Mac OS X v.10.2.8 through v.10.4
  • Memory: 256MB minimum/1GB recommended
  • Hard Disk: 300MB of available space
  • Video: Resolution of 1024 X 768 or higher

Adobe's Acquisition of Macromedia

On December 03, 2005 Adobe acquired Macromedia and all its products including FreeHand, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks and Shockwave were renamed to Adobe. With the acquisition of Macromedia, three new products were launched by Adobe, namely, Adobe Design bundle, Flash Professional and Adobe Premiere suite. The company decided to include the Macromedia name on some of its products for a short period of time but after that all the products will be migrated to Adobe brand.

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