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    This document compares text editors and WYSIWYG authoring tools for website development. It outlines advantages of Dreamweaver such as supporting both code and design views, code validation tools, and site publishing capabilities, but also disadvantages like expense, potential to make coders lazy, and design view not being fully accurate. It also discusses advantages of the free text editor Notepad++ like full code control and portability, but disadvantages that it does not allow visualizing pages or have site-wide tools like Dreamweaver.

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    Text EDITOR VS WYSIWYG AUTHORING TOOLS

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    Judith Nelson
    This document compares text editors and WYSIWYG authoring tools for website development. It outlines advantages of Dreamweaver such as supporting both code and design views, code validation tools, and site publishing capabilities, but also disadvantages like expense, potential to make coders lazy, and design view not being fully accurate. It also discusses advantages of the free text editor Notepad++ like full code control and portability, but disadvantages that it does not allow visualizing pages or have site-wide tools like Dreamweaver.

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    Text EDITOR VS WYSIWYG

    AUTHORING TOOLS

    Authoring a Website
    Dreamweaver Advantages

     Supports both textual and WYSIWYG editor modes( Code view, design view, Live Preview)
     Available for both Windows & Mac
     Syntax highlighting
     Auto generate code (code suggestion / auto complete)
     Code Validation and Accessibility Check tools
     Templates – create your own or use existing
     Site Wide Search & replace
     Site publish/ FTP
    Dreamweaver Disadvantages

     Expense
     Makes coders lazy
     Templates can only be edited in Dreamweaver
     Takes a lot of RAM
     Learning curve
     Design view is not a browser and not always accurate
     Not all features useful
    Notepad ++

     It’s free
     Lightweight
     Full control over code
     Portable app ( will run on any OS or flash drive
     Full control over code – easy to omptimize
     Learn HTML better
     Easy to switch to other code editors / More marketable
    Text Editor Disadvantages

     Can't visualize how the page will look from just the HTML.
     Must know HTML thoroughly – no syntax highlighter
     No site wide tools

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