[web] Is Visual Studios 2005 = Powered to Dreamweaver

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Original post by BKStoltman Everyone seems to use visual studios and i noticed in a recent article by microsoft. that in the new visual studios web design is made much easier and requires 70% less code. It Visual studios just as good as say dreamweaver is for web design. I dreamweaver is designed specifically for web but can i do everything in visual studios that i can with dreamweaver. What are the benefits to either.

First ... your spelling, grammar, and punctuation are awful. Just thought I'd mention it. :-)

The 'web design' in Visual Studio is called ASP.NET. ASP.NET is basically regular HTML plus a combination of server-side scripts and applications, and client-side scripts. The Visual Studio IDE provides a reasonably good HTML editor, along with hundreds of built-in and third-party controls, end-to-end debugging tools, and enough power on the back end to do anything you want.

Dreamweaver is basically an advanced HTML editor that can take advantage of a few scripting commands and PHP.

Put in terms of construction: PHP is a shovel and hand tools, Dreamweaver is a talented landscaper. You can make big expansive projects with those tools, but it takes a lot of work. Visual Studio with ASP.NET and IIS is like a whole construction crew using excavators, cranes, and subcontractors. You can build huge buildings, but they can look ugly and be missing a lot of the beauty of hand-crafted details.

Use the right tool for the job. If you have a hobby website or want to make the HTML markup a little prettier, use tools for that. If you are building an enterprise web site needing to access databases, remote services, custom and stock server-side and client-side controls, and corporate-level support, go with that kind of tool.

frob.

Why not do the HTML and CSS in Dreamweaver and the rest in MS Visual Studio?