Do people still use Dreamweaver to build websites nowadays? What are the disadvantages compared to WordPress?

Naiba recently received several questions from website beginners about using Dreamweaver to build websites. Now,do you still need to use Dreamweaver to build websites? Adobe Dreamweaver, abbreviated as "DW", Chinese name "Dreamweaver". I guess your teacher taught you this software back in university, but nowadays, it"s rare to see anyone using Dreamweaver to build 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 don't see HTML files. So, if you use Dreamweaver to write website code, after finishing, you'd still have to learn how to convert it into PHP language. Nowadays, most programmers, when writing website programs, use professional text editors like Sublime Text. They write code and debug directly in the Chrome browser simultaneously, with no need for DW intervention. Of course, no matter what software you use to write webpage code, it's just a tool. The key is having an overall concept of web design yourself. If you really want tomake a website yourself, Naiba suggests you directly useWordPress InstallationAfter it's set up, download a Theme you like and study how to modify it. There's no need to start completely from scratch learning how to use DW to make a website. By the time you learn it, you'll have spent the time, and the resulting webpage will still be outdated. Related article references:

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of Dreamweaver compared to WordPress?

So, for usbeginners building a website, should we use Dreamweaver or WordPress? Below is an analysis of the pros and cons of building a website with DW versus WP, and you'll understand.Advantages of using DW to build a website:

1. Can highlight your own awesome programming skills; all websites are written by yourself.

Advantages of using WP to build a website:

1. No need to know code; just find a beautifulTheme Templatesand install it.
2. No need to know code; search for a WP Plugin to get the desired functionality.
3. Manage articles via the database; changing Theme templates later won't cause worries about content loss or display issues.
4. One out of every three websites on the internet is built with WP.

Disadvantages of using DW to build a website:

1. All code needs to be written by oneself; the quality of the code varies depending on each person's skill level.
2. If you want to build a dynamic website, you also need to write the backend yourself. It's better to just use WordPress for website building, at most you can write a Theme yourself in DW and apply it.
3. In short, nowadays very few ordinary people use DW to build websites.

Disadvantages of using WordPress for website building:

1. It's very powerful, so beginners might not know where to start with some issues.
2. If traffic becomes high, you need good server performance or know how to optimize it yourself, otherwise it will be slow.

Finally, if you want to build a website using WordPress, just follow the tutorial below and you'll be all set.

• WordPress Installation Tutorial_Server Environment Configuration Requirements_Failure Reasons