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Bootstrap 5?
When will Bootstrap 5 be enabled in Dreamweaver?
Nancy OSheaCorrect answer
Community Expert
August 29, 2023
In the interest of transparency, Dreamweaver is no longer being developed. It's merely being maintained. No new features have been added since Fall 2020 (ver 21.x) except security & compatibility updates.
- BOOTSTRAP: Dreamweaver is stuck on version 4 which Bootstrap itself stopped supporting in early 2023. Users who need the latest stable release of Bootstrap 5 or higher must source it from the Bootstrap CDN and code manually. The legacy Bootstrap code that DW inserts is NOT compatible with version 5+.
- PHP: The current PHP version is 8.2. Yet Dreamweaver only supports versions 5 or 7. For modern servers running PHP 8 or higher, this falls short of necessity. Full stop, use another tool like Microsoft's Visual Studio Code or JetBrains' PHPStorm.
- jQuery Core & jQuery UI: The jQ scripts in Dreamweaver are outdated. You'll need to code manually and source the latest scripts (version 3.7 or higher) directly from jQuery's CDN.
Adobe abandoned Brackets, the code engine that DW CC is based on. And while DW is still a capable editor for manual coders, it might not be appropriate for use in ALL situations. Use it with eyes wide open and alongside other coding tools that are in ACTIVE development.
CODE EDITORS:
-- Codespaces (free, browser-based) - https://github.com/features/codespaces
-- Nova (Mac only, formerly called Coda) - https://nova.app/
-- Pinegrow - https://pinegrow.com/
-- Sublime Text - http://www.sublimetext.com/
-- Visual Studio Code (free) - https://code.visualstudio.com/
-- Wappler ~ Visual Web App Builder - https://wappler.io/
Hope that helps.
Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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