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			\| developer = ] (2005–present)<br />] (before 2005)
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			\| released = {{Start date and age\|1997\|12}}<ref name=macromedia1997>{{cite web \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/system-requirements.html \|title=Dreamweaver system requirements}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.</ref>
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			'''Adobe Dreamweaver''' is a ] ] tool from ]. It was created by ] in 1997<ref name=macromedia1997 /> and developed by them until Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2005.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia\|url=https://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/pdfs/200512/120505AdobeAcquiresMacromedia.pdf\|work=Press Releases\|publisher=Adobe, Inc.\|access-date=15 November 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118095012/http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/pdfs/200512/120505AdobeAcquiresMacromedia.pdf\|archive-date=18 November 2011\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
	'''Macromedia Dreamweaver''' is a ] tool, created by ] (now ]), which is currently in ] 8. Initial versions of the ] served as simple ] ]s but more recent versions have incorporated notable support for many other ] technologies such as ], ], and various ] ]s. Dreamweaver has enjoyed widespread success since the late 1990s and in 2001 held more than 70% of the HTML editor market. The ] is available for both the ] and ] platforms, but can also be run on ] ] through the use of ] software such as ].

			Adobe Dreamweaver is available for the ] and ] ]s.
	As a ] editor, Dreamweaver can hide the details of pages' HTML code from the user, making it possible for non-experts to easily create web pages and sites. Some web developers criticize this approach as producing HTML pages that are much larger than they should be, which can cause ]s to perform poorly. This can be particularly true because the application makes it very easy to create table-based layouts. In addition, some web site developers have criticized Dreamweaver in the past for producing code that often does not comply with ] standards though this has improved considerably in recent versions. The most recent version of Dreamweaver (8) performs poorly on the ], developed by the ]. However, Macromedia has increased the support for CSS and other ways to layout a page without tables in later versions of the application, with the ability to convert tables to layers and vice versa.

			Following Adobe's acquisition of the Macromedia product suite, releases of Dreamweaver subsequent to version 8.0 have been more compliant with ] standards. Recent versions have improved support for ] technologies such as ], ], and various ] ] and ] including ] (ASP JavaScript, ASP VBScript, ASP.NET C#, ASP.NET VB), ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Learn to build dynamic websites and web applications\|url=https://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/application_development.html\|work=Dreamweaver Developer Center\|access-date=15 November 2011}}</ref>
	Dreamweaver allows users to preview websites in many browsers, provided that they are installed on their computer. It also has some site management tools, such as the ability to find and replace lines of text or code by whatever parameters specified across the entire site, and a templatization feature for creating multiple pages with similar structures. The behaviors panel also enables use of basic JavaScript without any coding knowledge.

			== Features ==
	With the advent of version MX, Macromedia incorporated dynamic content creation tools into Dreamweaver. In the spirit of HTML WYSIWYG tools, it allows users to connect to databases (such as ] and ]) to filter and display content using scripting technologies such as ] (ASP), ], ], ] (JSP), ], and more without any previous programming experience. Alternative solutions for web database application development are ] and ].
			Adobe Dreamweaver CC is a web design ] (IDE) that is used to develop and design websites. Dreamweaver includes a code editor that supports ], ], real-time ], and code introspection for generating code hints to assist the user in writing code.

			Dreamweaver, like ], edits ] locally then uploads them to the remote web server using ], ], or ]. Dreamweaver CS4 supports the ] version control system.
	A highly regarded aspect of Dreamweaver is its extensible architecture. "Extensions", as they are known, are small programs, which any web developer can write (usually in ] and ]) and anyone can download and install, which provide added functionality to the software. Dreamweaver is supported by a large community of extension developers who make extensions available (both commercial and free) for most web development tasks from simple rollover effects to full-featured shopping carts.

			Since version 5, Dreamweaver supports ] for the following languages:
	==Syntax highlighting==
			* ]
	As of version 8, Dreamweaver supports ] for the following languages:
			* ] (ASP).
			* ]
			* ] (CSS)
			* ]
			* EDML
			* ] (XHTML)
			* ] (XML)
			* ] (XSLT)
			* ] (HTML)
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]
			* ] (VB)
			* Visual Basic Script Edition (])
			* ] (WML)

			Support for ] (ASP) and ] was dropped in version CS5.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2015-11-05 \|title=Adobe Dreamweaver CS5-5.5 Troubleshooting \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/archive/dreamweaver/dreamweaver-cs5-5-troubleshooting.pdf \|website=adobe.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2021-12-22 \|title=What's new (CS5.5) \|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/using/whats-new-cs5-5.html \|access-date=2022-09-13 \|website=adobe.com}}</ref>
	*]
	*] (ASP)
	*]
	*]
	*] (CSS)
	*]
	*]
	*] (XHTML)
	*] (XML)
	*] (XSLT)
	*]
	*]
	*] (JSP)
	*] (PHP)
	*] (VB)
	*] (VBScript)
	*] (WML)

			Users can add their language syntax highlighting.
	==Versions==
			] is available for many of these languages.
	*'''Dreamweaver 1.0''' (Released December ]; Dreamweaver 1.2 followed in March ])
	*'''Dreamweaver 2.0''' (Released December ])
	*'''Dreamweaver 3.0''' (Released December ])
	*'''Dreamweaver UltraDev 1.0''' (Released June ])
	*'''Dreamweaver 4.0''' (Released December ])
	*'''Dreamweaver UltraDev 4.0''' (Released December ])
	*'''Dreamweaver MX 6.0''' (Released May ])
	*'''Dreamweaver MX 2004''' (Released ], ])
	*'''Dreamweaver 8''' (Released ], ])

			== Internationalization and localization ==
	==See also==
	*]
	*]

			=== Language availability ===
	==External links==
			Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 is available in ], ], ], Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean (Windows only), Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/systemreqs/ \|title=Adobe Dreamweaver CS5: System Requirements and languages \|access-date=2011-01-29 \|publisher=Adobe Systems Incorporated}}</ref>
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			=== Specific features for Arabic and Hebrew languages ===
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			The older Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 also features a Middle Eastern version that allows typing Arabic, Persian, ], or Hebrew text (written from right to left) within the code view. Whether the text is fully Middle Eastern (written from right to left) or includes both English and Middle Eastern text (written left to right and right to left), it will be displayed properly.

			== See also ==
			* ]
			* ]
			* ]

			== References ==
			{{Reflist}}
			* , News Release, Adobe Systems, 16 June 2015.
			* , Dreamweaver Help, Adobe Systems.

			== External links ==
			{{Wikiversity\|Adobe Dreamweaver}}
			* {{Official website}}

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			{{Adobe eLearning Suite}}
			{{Adobe Systems}}

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Latest revision as of 20:47, 11 September 2024

Proprietary web development software "Dreamweaver" redirects here. For the song by Gary Wright, see Dream Weaver. For other uses, see Dreamweaver (disambiguation).

Adobe Dreamweaver

Adobe Dreamweaver 20.2 running on macOS Catalina
Developer(s)	Adobe (2005–present) Macromedia (before 2005)
Initial release	December 1997; 27 years ago (1997-12)

Stable release	21.4 / 6 May 2024

Written in	C++
Operating system	Windows 10 version 1703 and above, macOS 10.12 Sierra and above
Type	HTML editor, programming tool, integrated development environment (IDE)
License	Trialware software as a service
Website	adobe.com/dreamweaver

Adobe Dreamweaver is a proprietary web development tool from Adobe. It was created by Macromedia in 1997 and developed by them until Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2005.

Adobe Dreamweaver is available for the macOS and Windows operating systems.

Following Adobe's acquisition of the Macromedia product suite, releases of Dreamweaver subsequent to version 8.0 have been more compliant with W3C standards. Recent versions have improved support for Web technologies such as CSS, JavaScript, and various server-side scripting languages and frameworks including ASP (ASP JavaScript, ASP VBScript, ASP.NET C#, ASP.NET VB), ColdFusion, Scriptlet, and PHP.

Features

Adobe Dreamweaver CC is a web design Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that is used to develop and design websites. Dreamweaver includes a code editor that supports syntax highlighting, code completion, real-time syntax checking, and code introspection for generating code hints to assist the user in writing code.

Dreamweaver, like other HTML editors, edits files locally then uploads them to the remote web server using FTP, SFTP, or WebDAV. Dreamweaver CS4 supports the Subversion (SVN) version control system.

Since version 5, Dreamweaver supports syntax highlighting for the following languages:

ActionScript
Active Server Pages (ASP).
C#
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
ColdFusion
EDML
Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML)
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)
HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Visual Basic (VB)
Visual Basic Script Edition (VBScript)
Wireless Markup Language (WML)

Support for Active Server Pages (ASP) and JavaServer Pages was dropped in version CS5.

Users can add their language syntax highlighting. Code completion is available for many of these languages.

Internationalization and localization

Language availability

Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 is available in Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean (Windows only), Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.

Specific features for Arabic and Hebrew languages

The older Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 also features a Middle Eastern version that allows typing Arabic, Persian, Urdu, or Hebrew text (written from right to left) within the code view. Whether the text is fully Middle Eastern (written from right to left) or includes both English and Middle Eastern text (written left to right and right to left), it will be displayed properly.

References

^ "Dreamweaver system requirements".. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.
"Feature summary | Dreamweaver (May 2024 release)". 6 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
"Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia" (PDF). Press Releases. Adobe, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
"Learn to build dynamic websites and web applications". Dreamweaver Developer Center. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
"Adobe Dreamweaver CS5-5.5 Troubleshooting" (PDF). adobe.com. 2015-11-05.
"What's new (CS5.5)". adobe.com. 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
"Adobe Dreamweaver CS5: System Requirements and languages". Adobe Systems Incorporated. Retrieved 2011-01-29.

"Adobe Unveils Milestone 2015 Creative Cloud Release", News Release, Adobe Systems, 16 June 2015.
"New features summary: Adobe Dreamweaver CC (2015 release)", Dreamweaver Help, Adobe Systems.

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