I agree 100% with @jamy_za, i recently ditched my $30 a month subscription for Dreamweaver for a once off $50 license fee which i use on both my Mac and Windows machine and haven't looked back since. The software itself is 100x smaller, contains a lot better functionality and native plugin support rather then all that screwing around you had to do with Dreamweaver.

Discussions about DW tend towards the sort of discussions about OSs and browsers.

In general if you like it and it works for you at a cost you like there is nothing wrong with it. By all means try other things as suggested but go with what you are happy with.

I used Dreamweaver at first but have since switched to using just TextMate, which I much prefer.

I use dreamweaver and have been for years. Partly because the new version has really good support for PHP along with the CSS and HTML, plus has an FTP client and template support (which allows to build a master template for a web site, if I need to add a menu item, change the template and is populates down). Those are the reasons why I use it. I have kept an open mind for other better all-in-one solutions but as far as I know, textmate, sublime text, etc. don't have all of this support integrated. Plus if you are already purchasing photoshop / illustrator, it comes in a nice, fairly inexpensive bundle.

I've also been a Dreamweaver user for years but recently have found myself using it less and less. It's still great for creating templates as mentioned by djpic but the css support and has fallen behind. When I started using Programs like Adobe GoLive (Yes.. I was the one person using GoLive) and Dreamweaver the HTML document was King and CSS was secondary. The times have changed and now for a designer CSS is King but Dreamweaver still focuses on the html document.

In my humble opinion Adobe needs to completely rework the the UI to make CSS creation and editing the focus.

As many others have said, it is all about personal preference. I personally have not used Dreamweaver in about 8 or more years, and even back then I seldom used it. To me, it is far more than it needs to be, and has a lot of problems that you can avoid by learning how to work with an editor and native web browser side by side. In my classes in which i teach intro to web design and development, I teach using Dreamweaver, for I think it is a great medium for beginners - but the people I'm teaching are a bunch of Art majors. If they were computer science majors, I would steer clear of Dreamweaver completely.

As for my own work, I've been using NotePad++ for years now. I love how lightweight it is. Whether I'm doing CSS, HTML, PHP, .NET or anything else, I stick with NotePad++, which is my personal preference. I've tried Eclipse, but it is too sluggish for my taste.

Someone in this thread mentioned something about Sublime Text 2. It too is a great program, and is incredibly lightweight.

In the end, it is what you prefer. I suggest trying out a bunch of different solutions - there are a lot out there. UltraEdit, NotePad++, Sublime Text, Eclipse, Microsoft Visual Studio, PHPStorm, etc. And if you like Dreamweaver, go for it. But if you do, and you are a UI developer, please learn how to use an external browser and not rely on the design mode Dreamweaver provides you :)

Happy designing and coding!!

The worst thing about DW is the wysiwyg but I have found it really helpful as a relative learner.

I prefer to use dreamweaver for everything. I can just as easily use other editors but the code hinting and color scheme for javascript / php / html / css / whatever is great. I recently rebuilt the full framework for Hollywoodnose from scratch in about five days on dreamweaver. Would of taken longer on any other text editor.

I wouldn't say it was redundant particularly - I think the design view is for sure, but it all depends on what you like code wise. So it's more a opinion, rather than fact.

For me like most people here - it is redundant - and I currently use Notepad++ :D

@sheepysheep60 SublimeText2 - ALT + . closes the open HTML tag.
CMD + ALT + . in OSx ( I think )

@jamy_za, wow! I never knew that.
What plugin does the ftp for Sublime?

@jamy_za Have you updated yet? The fuzzy logic used on the new autocomplete is fantastic! For instance, if I want to type box-shadow, then typing 'bs' is enough to bring it to the top of the list.

the only thing i ever use dreamweaver for is setting up tables for html email layouts, otherwise i prefer to do everything in sublime.

I wouldn't suggest which is best. I think it all comes down to personal preference.

My opinion is that DW is quite heavy for just simple frontend development.