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This Gadget and Tech guide will give you 5 pieces of information about the new Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 that will help to guide you if you are looking at buying Dreamweaver CS3 for your own use or as a tool for your web business.
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 is the next step up from Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 and also the new version to replace Adobe GoLive for web development professionals and web development enthusiasts.
Dreamweaver CS3 can also be bought as part of the new Adobe Studio CS3 bundles.
  What is Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 ?
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Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 is the next step is professional web development. It is an application for creatives and programmers onthe Internet, more specifically for development of websites and web applications in a number of languages and server types.
Dreamweaver CS3 continues the tradition that Macromedia set in previous versions in delivering a world class web development
IDE.
Adobe Dreamweaver 9 will allow you to work with web servers such as; Microsoft ISS, Apache, Sun Java, ColdFusion and more.. In languages such as; PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, JAVA and vbscript and javascript. Dreamweaver 9 also continues the tradition of extensive support for CSS (cascading style sheets).
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Why would you use Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 ? |
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As this is the next logical upgrade for Dreamweaver and GoLive developers it will serve as a more stable application (and also native on Intel Macs!) with many bugs fixed and routines optimised as well as a more user friendly interface.
At this point there is no other professional web development IDE that can do as much as Dreamweaver CS3 does for the money. Dreamweaver also has an very extensive range of free dreamweaver CS3 extensions as well as commercial dreamweaver CS3 extensions (and behaviours and more..) and this will only grow bigger!
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 has mush better AJAX support, including the AJAX Spry framework which will make beginner work with AJAX a snap. Also, Adobe have taken over InterAkt and their PHP software, so you can look forward far reaching PHP support in Dreamweaver CS3 (the web development language of choice.)
Dreamweaver is the web development application of choice for professional web developers because of its history of ease of use and great support for the application.
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When would you buy Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 ? |
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You would buy Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 under the following circumstances; if the never features meet your needs, if the newer support for web standards are what you need, if bug fixes over prior versions are what you need, if your older version is no longer supported or you existing web development program is not up to the capabilities of Dreamweaver CS3.
If you are a seasoned web development professional then you would likely do a Dreamweaver upgrade as soon as possible.
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 is believed to be available to buy in early 2007.
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What can you expect in Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 ? |
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New features in Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 that you can expect are; better CSS support, better AJAX support, better PHP support, better CF (coldfusion) support and better inbuilt help. You can also expect a more funtional interface driving it all.
You can also expect dreamweaver CS3 to have inbuilt hooks and support for Adobe software, including; Illustrator, Photoshop, Flex and PDF/Acrobat as well as the usual Fireworks, Flash and Freehand.
Current Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Product Description
Dreamweaver CS3 makes it quick and easy to design, develop, and maintain websites and web applications -- from start to finish. Discover an exceptional web design workflow, with a powerful visual design interface and an efficient coding environment. Streamline design with helpful CSS features; preview your pages for PCs, mobile devices and print. Easily test pages for browser compatibility & enjoy tight integration with Photoshop CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Fireworks CS3 and other Adobe tools.
Built for both designers and developers, Dreamweaver CS3 offers reliable, consistent web application tools.
CSS layouts
- Move CSS code from inline to head, from head to external sheet, from document to document, or between external sheets
Spry data - Integrate data into web pages using XML from an RSS feed or a database
Spry widgets - Lists, tables, tabs, form validation, and repeatable regions can all be added easily through the Spry framework
Spry effects - Add visual transitions to page elements - make them grow, shrink, fade, highlight and more
Quickly integrate XML content using either XSL or the Spry framework for Ajax
Support for leading Web technologies
- XHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, Ajax, PHP, Adobe ColdFusion, ASP, ASP.NET and JSP
Integrates with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Fireworks
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Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 screenshot
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Where can you buy Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 ? |
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Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 can be bought from any online software seller that distributes Adobe software as well as from Adobe itself.
Please note: Dreamweaver CS3 is NOT YET available to buy - it will be released very soon, 2007
Here are the Adobe CS3 Bundles announced:
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WEB |
PRODUCTION PREMIUM |
MASTER COLLECTION |
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| InDesign CS3 |
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| Photoshop CS3 |
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| Photoshop CS3 Extended |
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Illustrator CS3 |
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| Acrobat 8 Professional |
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| Flash CS3 Professional |
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| Dreamweaver CS3 |
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| Fireworks CS3 |
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| Contribute CS3 |
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| After Effects CS3 Professional |
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| Premiere Pro CS3 |
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| Soundbooth CS3 |
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| Encore CS3 |
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These see Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 included in; CS3 Design Premium bundle, CS3 Web Standard and Web Premium bundles as well as the Adobe CS3 Master Collection.
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