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Macromedia Announces Dreamweaver 8
I was hoping the new version would offer more ASP.net features. Currently Dreamweaver is in superior Visual Web Express 2005 (for coding in .net)
Since most programmers are being forced to switch from Classic ASP to ASP.net I thought Macromedia would adapt Dreamweaver to fit our needs.
I totaly agree.
I've been holding out diving in to VS in the hope that DW8 will include something special. I'm sorely disappointed and have a learning curve ahead!
It's the new Adobe influence. Adobe has never supported any type of server side scripting. Hence the new Studio 8 is only about one thing CSS.
Ok, so what did I want most?
- Support for new MySQL 5 Stored Procs
- ASP.net 2.0 Features (yes it’s Beta, but Beta 2.0 is solid and being release in 2 months)
- An advanced query builder like Visual Studio 2005 / Visual Web Express
However, I'm sure Studio 9 will be great :)
Just downloaded the new version 8 from my DEVNET subscription. I must say very dissapointing, some minor enhancements, but nothing on additional features when it comes to application/server behaviors.