Submitted by Jason Kryst on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 12:00am
The design and development of a website or application can be tricky. As a developer, I rely on a number of different tools to complete the job. Below I have provided a pros/cons list of some of the most popular tools used within the industry.
Adobe Creative Suite (Dreamweaver)
Pros
- Industry Standard
- Contains various tools
- Dreamweaver
- Flash
- Photoshop
- Illustator
- Fireworks
- Others
- Great pipe-line
- Apps work almost seamlessly together.
- Great online community
Cons
- Expensive
- Higher end tools for development
- Suites may have more than you need [Though NOT a COMPLETE CON]
- Individual apps may not have enough [Though NOT a COMPLETE CON]
- Apps may have a learning curve
Microsoft Expressions
Pros
- Long past
- Supports various tools
- Well intergrated
- Great for the beginner or the expert
Cons
- Not the standard
- Expensive
- Changes separate the FrontPage/Expression tag line.
Notepad
Pros
- Free
- Easy to use
- Easy to print
Cons
- No functions to add on
- Free
- Not a standard
- No FTP
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