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    Adobe Dreamweaver

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ADreamweaver is a web development tool built for designing pages with HTML and CSS using template pages, text editing, and a what you see is what you get editor.N/A

    Atom

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AAtom is a free and open source text editor offering a range of packages and themes.N/A
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    Adobe DreamweaverAtom
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Adobe DreamweaverAtom
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
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    Open Source
    Chose Atom
    Atom is incredibly lighter than Dreamweaver, of course it doesn't have the tools DW provides in terms of preview and clicking an element to be taken to the code... but for small web pages this is not necessary.
    Atom is more similar to Notepad++ and the very popular vs code... …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    86%
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    94%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Adobe DreamweaverAtom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (7 ratings)
    7.0
    (31 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    8.6
    (13 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
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    User Testimonials
    Adobe DreamweaverAtom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    This program is a must-have if you work in any HTML-based programs. It's convenient for HTML emails and tweaking code used in Wordpress. It's also greta for editing older PHP sites I manage for clients, I do not use it for new websites anymore as I feel other solutions are more suitable for my clients.
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    Atom is great for simple HTML coding. It's fast, has intuitive shortcuts and several options. I particularly love the "convert spaces to tabs" function that I haven't seen in other editors.
    I'm not sure how it would fair in more serious web development today, if there are plugins for live updates of the page you are working on...
    But the problem is that it has been discontinued so you know there are no new features or fixes coming through.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • Very simple to write code in Dreamweaver editor
    • Auto Complete feature is great
    • Spell Check, Syntax Checker functionality is very good
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    Open Source
    • Atom is highly customizable and allows for various themes and extensions that can make your code easier to read.
    • Atom has many code hinting features that allow users to write faster and integrate with services likeLINT that can clean up your code once your done to meet your internal teams style choices.
    • It's very fast and manages projects well - Accessing other files within a related folder(s) is very easy and intuitive.
    • It's free!
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • Space - you have to download the software on your hard drive
    • Cost - It's a monthly subscription and not open source
    • RAM - You need enough RAM to run Adobe products, and if you don't have enough it will crash and you can lose hours of work.
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    Open Source
    • There should be a better user tips manual page to learn keyboard shortcuts
    • It would also be beneficial if mathematical and data analytic tools were added
    • it has quite high start-up timing when you open large projects to work on it
    • Sometimes, atom closed suddenly and do not open again
    • It still lacks better options with the previews even though there are already some by users adding plugins
    • It doesn't have self-correct features for lint errors, unlike IntelliJ
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Open Source
    Well Atom is open source so the re-new is a no brainer. The only way I would stop using Atom is if the developers somehow made it not function well. Or, if the project got forked to a commercial version or something. Or, there could be the case that development stops or that it was not updated on this or that platform
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    Usability
    Adobe
    Adobe Dreamweaver is very useable and easy to navigate. It's features are fantastic and documentation on how to use the software is very detailed. If you can't find how to do something, the help file is fantastic and works great!
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    Open Source
    I give Atom a 9 because it is one of the most modern text editors built with JavaScript intentionally to allow the editor to be changed and modified with custom functionality that a team may need. I think I would otherwise give atom an 8 due to support, but it gets a 9/10 because of the extensibility/plugin capability.
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Open Source
    Atom has an active forum and a Slack group where you can ask technical questions. Occasionally, the authors will pop in to answer a few questions here and there, but most of the time, its other helpful users who will assist you. Though they aren't the most knowledgeable, they are at least timely.
    As for plugin support, that differs with each plugin, but as I mentioned before, many plugins are no longer maintained.
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
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    Open Source
    Just download and install
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    Google Web Designer is what I used to use but Dreamweaver was better. Google did not offer the functionality I needed. Google was also messy and had limited design options. Google seems better for creating animated banners or animated photos, but not for designing a full website or designing HTML.
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    Open Source
    Our company likes to keep things open, and we don't want to prevent developers from customizing their environment the way they want. Atom seemed to be a lot more open than our existing tools and has good community support on pretty much any programming language. This can create some confusion since adding too many extensions or customizing can make the tool slower than it is supposed to be.
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Saves time of doing everything by hand.
    • Makes managing older PHP hand-coded sites easier to manage.
    • Allows for easy creation of HTML emails.
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    Open Source
    • The tool we use when we need quick fixes. Allows fast, reliable scripting to fix urgent problems in our applications.
    • When applications grow from 5-10 files to 100's, they need to be migrated to a heavier-duty IDE. This can be cumbersome and quite annoying, but is necessary to maintain code integrity on such a large scale (since it cannot be done with the limited default toolset of Atom).
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