Do people still use Dreamweaver to build websites now? What are the drawbacks compared to WordPress

Naiba recently received several questions from website beginners about using Dreamweaver to build websites.Do people still need to use Dreamweaver to build websites?

Adobe Dreamweaver, abbreviated as „DW“, Chinese name „Dream Weaver“. You might have learned this software in college, but nowadays, few people use Dreamweaver for building websites.

To give a simple example, the vast majority of websites on the internet today are dynamic websites, using PHP or other dynamic languages.

Take WordPress as an example. Look at its code, it's all PHP, you won't see HTML files. So if you use Dreamweaver to write website code, after finishing, you still need to learn how to convert it to PHP.

Nowadays, most programmers use professional text editors like Sublime Text when writing website programs, writing code and debugging directly in Chrome browser, without needing DW.

Of course, whatever software you use to write web code is just a tool. The key is to have an overall concept of web design.

If you really want tobuild a website yourself, Naiba suggests you directly useWordPress installationAfter that, download a theme you like and study how to modify it. There's no need to start from scratch learning how to build a website with DW. By the time you learn, the resulting webpage will be outdated.

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of Dreamweaver compared to WordPress

So webeginners building websitesShould you use Dreamweaver or WordPress? Below, we analyze the pros and cons of DW and WP for website building to help you decide.

Advantages of using DW for website building:

1. It showcases your impressive programming skills, as every website is coded from scratch.

Advantages of using WP for website building:

1. No coding required; simply find a beautifulTheme Templatesand install it.
2. No coding needed; search for a WP plugin to add any desired functionality.
3. Content is managed via a database, so switching themes or templates won't risk content loss or display issues.
4. One out of every three websites on the internet is built with WP.

Disadvantages of using DW for website building:

1. All code must be written manually, and code quality varies depending on individual skill levels.
2. Building a dynamic website requires writing backend code yourself, which is less efficient than using WP; at most, you could code a theme in DW and apply it.
3. In short, very few ordinary people use DW for website building nowadays.

Disadvantages of using WP for website building:

1. Its powerful features can be overwhelming for beginners, making some issues difficult to tackle.
2. High traffic demands good server performance or optimization skills; otherwise, the site may slow down.

Finally, if you want to build a website with WordPress, the tutorial below will guide you through everything.

• WordPress Installation Tutorial_Server Environment Configuration Requirements_Failure Reasons