A review of Dreamweaver 5.5 | Which Web Design Company

A review of Dreamweaver 5.5 | Which Web Design Company

Every once in a while a product comes along that manages to amaze people with its technical superiority and revolutionary tools, Adobe Dreamweaver 5.5 is one of such products. It is what very few peers have managed to churn out, a seamless combination of power and ease. With out-of-the box support for HTML 5, jQuery Mobile integration and CSS 3, Dreamweaver CS 5.5 is a delight for those of us looking for an integrated platform for web and mobile apps development. Here is a review of the latest release of Adobe Dreamweaver.

Every once in a while a product comes along that manages to amaze people with its technical superiority and revolutionary tools, Adobe Dreamweaver 5.5 is one of such products. It is what very few peers have managed to churn out, a seamless combination of power and ease. With out-of-the box support for HTML 5, jQuery Mobile integration and CSS 3, Dreamweaver CS 5.5 is a delight for those of us looking for an integrated platform for web and mobile apps development. Here is a review of the latest release of Adobe Dreamweaver.

Development support for smart as well as stock mobile devices is one of the strongest points of the Dreamweaver 5.5. Designing mobile platform applications becomes a breeze with jQuery. The developers of Dreamweaver CS 5.5 have built it on the popular jQuery JavaScript framework which makes it easier for the developer community at large to take advantage and contribute. To create a new jQuery mobile application you can choose one of the following:

1) Use a CDN jQuery template.

2) Use local jQuery files stored on your computer, or

3) Use a PhoneGap version of mobile application development

The familiar mobile content thus created is easy to edit in the Design View mode and previewed with the powerful Live View mode. The previews are shown in their full glory with all interactive elements working as if it were indeed a mobile device. Interface elements and widgets can be easily integrated in Design View using the Insert Panel. To make the process of coding mobile websites much easier, the developers of Dreamweaver 5.5 have revamped the existing jQuery support.

Learning about new Software Development Kits and codings for smart mobiles cannot be an excuse for ignoring the potential mobile web segment. Dreamweaver 5.5 includes PhoneGap platform which makes the transition between web applications to native mobile applications child's play. As of now the PhoneGap platform supports Blackberry, Android and iOS mobile operating systems. You can preview the applications either in Live View or the respective built-in emulators of the mobile operating systems. The multi screen authoring tool has been polished and empowered to let you tweak your applications for the three most used platforms(Mobile Phones, PCs and Tablets) at present. A Content Management framework has been incorporated into Dreamweaver 5.5, which means it can now access relevant files from CMS pages directly from the development interface. All in all, developing for almost every device and platform has been taken care of in this latest release from the stables of Adobe.

Dreamweaver 5.5 has gotten every developer excited about its immense potential, it is truly one of those few masterpieces which appear once in a blue moon.