Chapter1.Introducing Dreamweaver

Chapter 1. Introducing Dreamweaver

IN THIS CHAPTER

• New Features

• CSS

• Design

• Coding

• Site/File Management

• Application Development

• Other

Welcome to the best release of Dreamweaver to date! As you'll learn in this chapter, Macromedia heeded the call of developers by releasing features that users have been requesting for yearsfeatures such as file compare integration, background file transferring, guides, paste special, code collapsing, saved panel sets, and more. Although most of the features discussed in this chapter seem like they would be obvious additions to a program like Dreamweaver (and for the most part are integrated into various other Macromedia programs), they do represent the newest and most exciting feature enhancements to a program that is already chalk full of workflow and process improvements.

In this chapter, we'll explore the newest features in Dreamweaver 8, including improvements made in areas such as CSS, design, coding, site and file management, application development, and more. If you're new to Dreamweaver, you may or may not think about skipping over this chapter and moving directly to Chapter 2, "The Dreamweaver Interface." If you're a seasoned Dreamweaver user or simply curious about what the fuss over the newest version is about, read on and see why Dreamweaver is considered by many to be the industry-leading web development tool on the market today.