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Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source Answer to Dreamweaver?

Posted by timothy on from the there-should-be-one-called-vision-quest dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I've been looking for an open source alternative to Dreamweaver, and haven't stumbled upon anything that works the way I need. Aptana and Bluefish are fantastic tools, but I cannot work exclusively with them, since Bluefish doesn't have that WYSIWYG functionality that is so important when you're also dealing with design, and Aptana doesn't have classic ASP support. I don't care much about the classic ASP support, but, even though I'm a PHP developer, I give support to classic ASP code on a daily basis. What open source tools are you guys working with out there? I'm really not looking for a Dreamweaver clone, just a tool that gets closer to cover my needs: WYSIWYG, PHP, HTML, CSS support, and less important, classic ASP support."

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  1. Re:It's not open source, but here it goes by ByOhTek · · Score: 2, Funny

    Silverlight targets flash, not Dreamweaver, it is a framework not dev tool - the dev tool would be Visual Studio or MonoDevelop). The former is closed source, the latter won't do what he wants.

    Don't worry, I'm sure you'll recover from your lobotomy soon.

    --
    Self proclaimed typo king, and inventor of the bear destroying coffee table (patent not pending).
  2. Re:It's not open source, but here it goes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, in terms of car analogies, Silverlight would be more like this:

    Question: "Hey, I need to buy a new vehicle. I need a dealer with a good price, stands behind their warrantees, doesn't have high pressure sales people, and sells Toyotas."

    GPs Answer: "You should get a lawn mower."

  3. Re:It's not open source, but here it goes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, in terms of car analogies, Silverlight would be more like this:

    Question: "Hey, I need to buy a new vehicle. I need a dealer with a good price, stands behind their warrantees, doesn't have high pressure sales people, and sells Toyotas."

    GGPs Answer: Here, have a sandwich! It's packed full of vitamins and nutrients and it will make your belly full. Look at the nice presentation on this sandwich. It's cut into tiny triangles.

  4. It's not at all what he's asking, but here it goes by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny

    SilverLight. They technology behind it stunning. You can also use C# to developed. For video sites there's also a HUGE difference compared to flash - with SilverLight the client and server will adjust to the available bandwidth the user has.. in flash this would just show up the loading icon and stop playing. SilverLight is technically much better than Flash.

    Makita. They power drills let me build anything. So why not web sites? You can also use your hands to use them. For tables built with power drills there's also a HUGE difference compared to hammers - with Makita the carpenter and sitter will adjust to how quickly they can drill.. with a hammer this would just show up as unfinished nailheads sticking out on the surface. Makita is technically much better than a hammer.

    *picks up his fat paycheck from Makita* Welp, my work here is done.

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    My work here is dung.
  5. Re:It's not at all what he's asking, but here it g by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dear eldavojohn,

    we also make hammers now. Your paycheck has been cancelled.

    Signed,
    Makita.

  6. Re:It's not open source, but here it goes by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 4, Funny

    But, but, but you can also use C# to developed!

  7. Re:notepad++ dude. by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, let me repeat the question: What's the best open source replacement for Dreamweaver?

    Emacs! :-)

    Points off if your answer is a text editor.

    It's not a text editor! It's a lifestyle!