HTML5 for App Developers: Dreamweaver
OK, I finally found some time to give HTML5 a try. Since Adobe (my employer) is actively participating in its development, I wanted to learn more about the actual state of the technology, understand what all the hype is about, and really not fall behind.
I have to be frank here. That the first three days were really hard for me I cursed a lot and pulled my hair out of my head. Well IMHO the learning curve is a bit steep, especially when you are coming from an OOP (Object-Oriented Programming) world like Flex/AS3, Java, or .NET. What I’m trying to say here is that things are just different and you need some patience to get used to it. But after those first few days I actually started enjoying it and I’m sure you will too if you give it a try.
So, to alleviate the pain for others that are taking their first steps with HTML5 I decided to record a series of short tutorials that should help 
The series will be titled “HTML5 for App Developers” and I will concentrate mostly on app development aspects – so things like tooling/IDEs, debugging, HTML layouts, JavaScript frameworks, architectural and design patterns, and much, much more.
The first video, which you can find below, is about Adobe Dreamweaver and how you can customize it to make it a more developer-centric tool/IDE. The next one will also cover tooling and it will be about Eclipse (the free and open source IDE). I think it is extremely important that when starting with a new technology to have the whole environment set up comfortably so it doesn’t get in your way. So go ahead and enjoy the video below.
It’s funny to me that we still do not see always-on, brace/tag highlighting in DW – not even as an option.
I’ve been watching people ask for this since the 90s. What is the deal?
Michael Kaufman
15 Dec 11 at 1:03 pm
Dreamweaver? Really, I mean really?
The only worse tool I could possibly think of is FrontPage.
Raynos
18 Dec 11 at 1:50 am
4 years ago i was using Windows, so i had DreamWeaver. But when switching to a Mac, i found TextMate to be much better/simpler/lightweight for coding (i don’t need a WYSIWYGs aka Designer mode).
I hear Sublime Text 2 is also worth a look (available on Windows/Mac/Linux).
Julien Desrosiers
18 Dec 11 at 3:43 am
[...] First video tutorial from a series that will be titled “HTML5 for App Developers”. The series will concentrate on app development aspects – so things like tooling/IDEs, debugging, HTML layouts, JavaScript frameworks, architectural and design patterns, and much, much more. The first video, which you can find in this post, is about Adobe Dreamweaver and how you can customize it to make it a more developer-centric tool/IDE. Javascript Read the original post on DZone… [...]
HTML5 for App Developers: Dreamweaver | Javascript | Syngu
18 Dec 11 at 7:35 am
I liked the video. A good introduction to Dreamweaver HelloWorld html page. Looking forward to seeing how the series expands. Personally, I’d like to see more on Mobile apps (i.e. PhoneGap integration).
Naoki
25 Dec 11 at 7:45 am