Adobe Dreamweaver vs. NetBeans

One of the issues I've had is our company newsletter. I use MailChimp to send it but the template I chose does not work well in MailChimp. My work-around is that I host the template in Adobe Dreamweaver and then code the new newsletter content in the tool. This allows me to choose the "Code Your Own" option in MailChimp. I simply paste in the code, make any tweaks, and then I can send it to my subscribers.

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If your organization works with developing or supporting Java applications and is focused on running efficiently with a lean budget, NetBeans would be a good choice to consider.

If your development staff uses other languages, or prefers a high level of available professional IDE support, it may be better to consider a paid option if your budget allows.

• Real time preview of designs with split code view.
• Easily preview designs in a number of browsers.
• Code hinting.
• Real time error detection.
• Validation reports.

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• Great code completion, just start typing some code and the program will fill in the code.
• Find/Replace is a key feature and works through whole projects as opposed to just a single file.
• Side by side code comparison right in the interface allows me to update similar pages.
• I appreciate the ease of using variable highlighting, with a wave of the mouse you can see visually where a given variable exists in your code.

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• 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.

• Heavy software needs more RAM. It does tend to use a lot of your computer's resources if you're loading up a huge project and slow things down.
• Problems with configuring plugins.
• With every release of a new version, there are some bugs which create problems while coding.

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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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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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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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I used FrontPage many years ago and believe it is now obsolete. It was never a good program, but Dreamweaver is superior and has always been my go-to choice.

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IBM Rational Application Developer and IntelliJ IDEA are great with hell lot of features packed into the product and are subscription based. However, most of the features they were providing were moot from my organization's business perspective and the cost was expensive. Eclipse is an opensource product with great features, but is difficult to configure and use as compared to NetBeans. One of the frustrating issues we faced with Eclipse was its slowness while saving a file. http://https//stackoverflow.com/questions/40166270/eclipse-neon-pathetically-slow

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• It is very easy to use so we can fast write the code
• User workspace and features are very good so we can do quality work
• Sometimes when open the file directly from server, it hangs

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• It changed my way of coding. In my early days of development I never indented code, but with NetBeans my coding way has changed.
• One IDE for all languages. I can write code in PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in only one editor or IDE.

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