Re: Your opinion needed

It depends on what your goal is. If you want you code to be the fastest it can possibly, then you write it in a assembly language. Most people, me included, don't want to be assembly language programmers. Using a scripting language like PHP allows you to build things much quicker, but it's definitely not as fast as C/C++. Dreamweaver will allow you to build things quicker, but will run slower than hand tuned code. If you want to improve your PHP skills and will continue doing projects in PHP, then I would drop Dreamweaver. If you more concerned with delivering a functional end product, keep Dreamweaver. But remember that whatever you create in Dreamweaver won't scale as well on hand tuned code (depending on your skill). Although I would suggest using something besides Notepad. On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 05:13 AM, Ryan A wrote:

I have just started working with Dreamweaver MX -> PHP/MySql and need your opinion. The advanage of using DWMX with PHP/MySql is of course speed, I can write scripts to insert/delete/edit etc in seconds and they execute perfectly with or without magic_quotes or globals, this would normally take me an hour or more, those headaches are taken away from me *BUT* for every little operation (insert/delete etc) it writes around double or more of what I would normally write (bloatware...?) My question is....do you think it is worth it? or should i go back to writing everything by hand in its codeview/notepad/some editor?? -- Brent Baisley Systems Architect Landover Associates, Inc. Search & Advisory Services for Advanced Technology Environments p: 212.759.6400/800.759.0577