What are the Latest Software Packages for Your Web Developer?


Being a web developer is an exciting job but at the same time it can be frustrating as well. If you have the right skills and experience with a particular software, you can weave a top notch website; however, a slight error in a certain area of code can open a can of worms because each part of a website is linked with another part. So, it is essential that a web developer is familiar with the software he or she is using to ensure quality and timely work. This article discusses some of the latest software packages present in the market.

Latest Software Packages for Your Web Developer

Below are discussed some of the latest software packages for web development. They are evaluated on the following criteria:
        Easy to learn
        Essential software (has useful features)
        Helpers (features that help during development)
        Costs involved


  • Adobe Dreamweaver

Adobe Dreamweaver has been the favorite choice of a web developer for quite some time now. However, it gets updated regularly which helps it get into the list of latest software packages for web development. Adobe is user friendly for both novice and professionals. After Dreamweaver gets installed, it asks about the user’s expertise and adjusts its features accordingly. Thus, it is easy to learn and work on.
Adobe Dreamweaver is no doubt an essential software as it allows a web developer to make a website from scratch using a wide variety of languages such as JavaScript, PHP, HTML, etc. In case the web developer is a novice, it allows the user to export files from other platforms like WordPress. Such versatile features set in a smooth environment makes it a quality software for a web developer.
Dreamweaver’s tutorials are widely available and anyone can get an expert at this software with experience. Even inside the software there are tips and messages that help the user through out. Such a versatile and useful software is widely available and costs $30 which is a reasonable price for such a capable software.

  • Google Web Designer

Google Web Designer has recently gotten famous in the pool of web development software due to its remarkable Graphical User Interface (GUI). It allows one to hand-pick the features on the screen and put it on the website which makes it very easy to learn. Tutorials are available on YouTube and other platforms which guide you on this easy to learn software.

It does have a lot of features such as the option to switch from ‘design view’ to ‘code view’, providing user to code the website from scratch as well. However, the ‘design view’ is still in development and this software does not support some features such as importing external HTML files. Therefore, Google Web Designer is predominantly used for making ads and generally other software are used to make websites.

Google Web Designer has a variety of helper functions that smoothen the process of web designing. The CSS HTML Validator flag any errors that occur in the code, helping user in pinpointing the mistakes in the code. Moreover, it has HTML Tidy that automatically fixes any indenting or other minor errors in layout. In a nutshell, Google Web Designer with its nice environment and useful helper functions is an easy to use software currently available for free.

  •  WordPress

WordPress is in a healthy competition against Adobe Dreamweaver to be the best software for a web developer. Currently, about 30% of the websites running were developed by WordPress according to WordPress’ official report and the trend is rising. Such a widely used software is updated regularly making one of the latest widely used software package for web development.
WordPress is usually criticized because it is not suitable for beginners as it needs some technical knowledge such as coding and database knowledge to set up WordPress. However, WordPress has a huge community with a lot of tutorials online which can help anyone get used to this software. Plus, it has a lot of plugins and templates that can make the process of web designing rapid.
Once a web developer gets a hang of WordPress, WordPress is a masterpiece. WordPress is self-hosted which gives you the ability to decide how fast your website loads, website uptime and downtime, etc. depending on the facilities you acquire. Furthermore, even if you are not designing website yourself, WordPress experts are widely available.
As far as costs are concerned, WordPress as a software for free except for some charges of plugins ($5 a month maximum) which is a good bargain in exchange for exceptional features.

Conclusion

If one is a novice web developer and has the budget to initially invest and learn web designing, then Adobe Dreamweaver is the best choice because of its user-friendliness. Google Web Designer does not make the cut because even though it has an exceptional and simple interface, it is still in testing. However, if one is an expert web developer, there is no choice better than WordPress.

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