Adobe Dreamweaver
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Adobe Dreamweaver 20.2 running on macOS Catalina
Developer(s)Adobe Inc. (2005–present)
Macromedia (before 2005)
Initial releaseDecember 1997; 24 years ago (1997-12)[1]
Stable release
21.1[2] Edit this on Wikidata / December 2021
Written inC++
Operating systemWindows 10 version 1703 and above, macOS 10.12 Sierra and above
TypeHTML editor, programming tool, integrated development environment (IDE)
LicenseTrialware software as a service
Websitewww.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver

Adobe Dreamweaver is a proprietary web development tool from Adobe Inc. It was created by Macromedia in 1997[1] and developed by them until Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2005.[3]

Adobe Dreamweaver is available for the macOS and Windows operating systems.

Following Adobe's acquisition of the Macromedia product suite, releases of Dreamweaver subsequent to version 8.0 have been more compliant with W3C standards. Recent versions have improved support for Web technologies such as CSS, JavaScript, and various server-side scripting languages and frameworks including ASP (ASP JavaScript, ASP VBScript, ASP.NET C#, ASP.NET VB), ColdFusion, Scriptlet, and PHP.[4]

Features

Adobe Dreamweaver CC is a web design and an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) application that is used to develop and design websites. Dreamweaver includes a code editor that supports syntax highlighting, code completion, real-time syntax checking, and code introspection for generating code hints to assist the user in writing code.

Dreamweaver, like other HTML editors, edits files locally then uploads them to the remote web server using FTP, SFTP, or WebDAV. Dreamweaver CS4 supports the Subversion (SVN) version control system.

Since version 5, Dreamweaver supports syntax highlighting for the following languages:

Support for Active Server Pages (ASP) and JavaServer Pages was dropped in version CS5.[5][6]

Users can add their language syntax highlighting. Code completion is available for many of these languages.

Internationalization and Localization

Language availability

Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 is available in the following languages: Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean (Windows only), Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.[7]

Specific features for Arabic and Hebrew languages

The older Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 also features a Middle Eastern version that allows typing Arabic, Persian, Urdu, or Hebrew text (written from right to left) within the code view. Whether the text is fully Middle Eastern (written from right to left) or includes both English and Middle Eastern text (written left to right and right to left), it will be displayed properly.

Version history

Legend: Old version, not maintained Older version, still maintained Current stable version Latest preview version Future release
Developer Major version Minor update Release date Notes
Macromedia Old version, no longer maintained: 1.0 1.0 Dec 1997 First version. Mac OS only.
1.2 Mar 1998 First Windows version
Old version, no longer maintained: 2.0 2.0 Dec 1998
Old version, no longer maintained: 3.0 3.0 Dec 1999
UltraDev 1.0 June 2000
Old version, no longer maintained: 4.0 4.0 Dec 2000
UltraDev 4.0 Dec 2000
Old version, no longer maintained: 6.0 MX 29 May 2002
Old version, no longer maintained: 7.0 MX 2004 10 Sep 2003
Old version, no longer maintained: 8.0 8.0 13 Sep 2005 Last Macromedia version. Included with Adobe CS2.3.[8]
Adobe Systems Old version, no longer maintained: 9.0 CS3 16 Apr 2007 Replaces Adobe GoLive in Adobe Creative Suite
Old version, no longer maintained: 10.0 CS4 23 Sep 2008
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.0 CS5 12 Apr 2010
Old version, no longer maintained: 11.5 CS5.5 12 Apr 2011 Supports HTML5.
Older version, yet still maintained: 12.0 CS6 21 Apr 2012 A perpetual license (download without ongoing payments) version and a cloud (subscription) version exist with differing menu structure.
Older version, yet still maintained: 13.0 Creative Cloud 17 June 2013 The perpetual license option is dropped in this version.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Older version, yet still maintained: 14.0 CC 2014 18 June 2014 DOM visualization tool, Live View upgrades, CSS Designer upgrades.
Older version, yet still maintained: 15.0 CC 2014.1 6 Oct 2014 Ability to view and extract design info and images from Photoshop documents (PSDs), new templates, Live View upgrades, and 64-bit architecture.
Older version, yet still maintained: 16.0 CC 2015 16 June 2015 Responsive design capabilities with visual media query bars, direct integration with the Bootstrap framework, ability to preview and inspect content on mobile devices, and improvements to the code editor.
Older version, yet still maintained: 17.0 CC 2017 2 Nov 2016 Adobe release notes - Redesigned code editor, e-processor support, real-time preview in browser, quick editing of related code files, changes to UI
Older version, yet still maintained: 18.0 CC 2018 19 Oct 2017 Adobe release notes - URL Test Button, Save Credentials, Search Bar support, Conflict icon is now displayed
Older version, yet still maintained: 19.0 CC 2019 15 Oct 2018 Adobe release notes - JavaScript refactoring, ECMAScript 6 support, New CEF integration, Security enhancements
Older version, yet still maintained: 20.0 CC 2020 4 Nov 2019 Adobe release notes - Seamless Live View editing, Japanese default font, Code hinting improvements
Current stable version: 21.0 CC 2021 31 Oct 2020 Adobe release notes - Feature Summary, Dreamweaver (October 2020 release)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Dreamweaver system requirements".. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.
  2. ^ "Заметки о выпуске | Dreamweaver 2021". 29 October 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Adobe Completes Acquisition of Macromedia" (PDF). Press Releases. Adobe, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Learn to build dynamic websites and web applications". Dreamweaver Developer Center. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  5. ^ http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/402/kb402489.html
  6. ^ https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/using/whats-new-cs5-5.html
  7. ^ "Adobe Dreamweaver CS5: System Requirements and languages". Adobe Systems Incorporated. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  8. ^ "New Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional Enhances Adobe Creative Suite 2.3". Adobe Systems. 18 September 2006. Archived from the original on 23 March 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2014. Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium also bundles Dreamweaver® 8
  9. ^ Adobe's Subscription-Only CC Release Carries Obvious Upside But Big Risk | Forbes
  10. ^ Adobe exec: Creative Cloud complainers will love us once they try us (interview) Archived 2018-08-02 at the Wayback Machine, VentureBeat
  11. ^ Adobe's Move to the Cloud Incites Anger and Other Top Comments, Mashable
  12. ^ "Adobe Creative Cloud: Reactions, responses and reassurance | Macworld UK". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2014-11-27.
  13. ^ Neil Bennett (15 May 2013) Analysis: The real reason Adobe ditched Creative Suite for Creative Cloud Archived 2017-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on 2013-07-21, www.digitalartsonline.co.uk
  14. ^ Adobe’s Creative Cloud Sparks Thunderous Revolt Archived 2017-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, 25 May 2013, truth-out.org
  15. ^ Some Artists Give Adobe's Cloud Switch a Critical Review Archived June 16, 2013, at archive.today, Fox Business

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