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stevenlash
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September 2, 2020
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Is Dreamweaver good for beginners?

  • September 2, 2020
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Hello,

My Name is Steven Lash San Diego,I'm going to start the work on dreamweaver, Is this easy for beginners. I have just it couple of years back now going to reuse this software. Can anyone suggest me the best way to start it with.

 

Regards,

Steven Lash San Diego

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    September 2, 2020

    Hi & welcome Steven,

    Are a hammer & chisel good for beginners?  Probably not.  But if you want to be a sculptor, you must start somewhere, right?  😍

     

    Dreamweaver is just a tool. Your success with tools depends on your skills and willingness to practice code. Starting out is never easy.  But it can be very rewarding. Remember, tools don't build web sites; people do.  So learn everything you can before you open Dreamweaver.

     

    Read chapters, complete code exercises, take quizzes at the end.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      Jon Fritz
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      Jon FritzCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 2, 2020

      DW assumes the user has a fairly decent grasp of HTML, CSS and Javascript (and now the ins and outs of Bootstrap) in order to make the most of it. It's a fairly difficult program for beginners with a very steep learning curve.

      If you want to learn how to make websites, don't start out by "choosing the software". Software can only take you so far and everything available is limited in some way. Learning HTML and how it works with CSS will give you a page. Javascript will allow you to make the page "do something" and later, once all of those are under your belt, a server-side language like PHP will help you create dynamic, database driven sites.


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      osgood_
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      September 2, 2020

      Whats your goal? Are you interested in pursuing a career in web development or just passing through wanting to create the one off website and dont much care about coding or what code the software you use creates. Do you want to create a simple static website or one which uses a database (dynamic). Do you want to specifically use Dreamweaver because its available to you or are you open to alternative suggestions.

       

      The answers will go some way to narrowing down what the best options could be. 

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