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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

    NetBeans

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ANetBeans is a free and open source platform and integrated development environment (IDE).N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Would buy again
    86%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    83%
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Best Alternatives
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    Visual Studio
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    PyCharm
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    WebStorm
    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe DreamweaverNetBeans
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (7 ratings)
    7.8
    (22 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    8.5
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    User Testimonials
    Adobe DreamweaverNetBeans
    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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    Open Source
    NetBeans is extremely user friendly and easy to start developing complex applications. Adding and configuring external libraries is much simpler than in Eclipse. It is highly cost effective and most of the latest framework based libraries required are automatically downloaded to the projects. The overall tool is also light weight and consumes less memory as compared to other competitor tools.
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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
    • Debugging - Save time hunting down errors by stepping through the code to find the root of a problem.
    • Refactoring - Easily rename classes and variables or make other structural changes using built-in refactoring tools.
    • Service management - NetBeans integrates seamlessly with web application servers like Tomcat and GlassFish.
    • Source control - Works well with Git and other version control tools.
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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
    • NetBeans [should] work smoothly with systems having less RAM. Systems with less RAM face trouble with NetBeans.
    • File open history also requires improvement. Once NetBeans is restarted, all files are closed automatically and there is no shortcut to open last opened files.
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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
    Netbeans enhances my coding work, shows me where I have errors and helps find variable instances. I would be lost without find/replace in projects functionality as I use projects as templates for new projects. Occasionally the code hints aggravate me, but I understand that it is actually making me a better coder, working to get the 'green light' of a clean file with no errors or clumsy code.
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Open Source
    NetBeans has a very strong user community. We can find solutions here for almost all the problems we face. In addition, we can forward NetBeans Support teams the problems we cannot solve. We can get quick feedback from the support teams, but I generally try to solve my problems by following the forums.
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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
    It works very smoothly as compared to other tools . The problem of restarting and reimporting the projects is not in the netbeans IDE . The front end development features are good . Netbeans connector is one of the best thing which enables us to deeply integrate netbeans IDE with google chrome browser
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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
    • By working on Netbeans I just learned one more tool and can teach others about it. One should learn every tool so that it might help someday if another editor is not available and you have to use different software for your work.
    • Compiling code became easy as it is not a feature of normal text editors. Only IDE can do this.
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