Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5 for Windows is a powerful web interface design editor for Windows that supports HTML, CSS, and PHP. Dreamweaver allows you to create web pages using a powerful visual editor, or by directly editing code. It is compatible with many popular content management systems, including WordPress, Joomla!, and Drupal.
In addition, Adobe has made it much easier to design for smartphone & tablet browsers as well as native iOS and Android apps. A Multiscreen Preview panel lets you style and visualize rendering for a range of devices in a single panel. Using the open-source PhoneGap framework, you can build and package native apps for Android and iPhones and convert your existing HTML to a mobile phone app.
Dreamweaver features tools that will help you write cleaner code, whether it be straight HTML, JavaScript, or Ajax. Version CS5.5 adds support for HTML5, including the
New for CS5.5
Multiscreen Preview Panel
Design for smartphones, tablets, and personal computers with the Multiscreen Preview panel. With media query support, developers can style and visualize rendering for a range of devices from within a single panel
CSS3 / HTML5 Support
Style with the CSS panel, updated to support CSS3. Design view now supports media queries, applying different styles as you adjust screen dimensions. Code for the future with HTML5, with code hinting and Design view rendering support. Live View now includes support for
jQuery Mobile Integration
Add advanced interactivity with jQuery code hinting. jQuery is the industry-standard JavaScript library, making it simple to add a wide range of interactivity to web pages. Get a jump start with starter templates for mobile phones
Native Android and iOS Apps with PhoneGap
Build and package native apps for Android and iOS with new PhoneGap functionality. Convert your existing HTML to a mobile phone application within Dreamweaver using the open source PhoneGap framework
Adobe BrowserLab Integration
Preview dynamic web pages and local content with multiple viewing, diagnostic, and comparison tools. BrowserLab is a new CS Live online service that quickly and accurately tests web content across web browsers and operating systems
Note:
CS Live online services are complimentary until April 12, 2012. Adobe online services, including Adobe CS Live Services, are available only to users age 13+ and require agreement to additional terms & Adobe's online privacy policy. Services not available in all countries or languages. May be subject to registration or change or discontinuation without notice. Fees or subscription charges may apply
FTPS, FTPeS Support
Deploy files more securely with enhanced FTP support. Dreamweaver CS5.5 now adds native support for the FTPS and FTPeS protocols
Features
Industry-Leading Web Development Environment
Build standards-based websites with the industry-leading web authoring tool. Work visually or directly in code, design productively with CSS inspection tools, and develop with content management systems
Adobe Creative Suite Integration
Save time and reduce the number of steps required to complete projects with intelligent integration across Adobe Flash Professional, Fireworks, Photoshop Extended, and Adobe CS Live online services
Intelligent Coding Assistance
Write clean code with confidence. Take advantage of code hinting with HTML, JavaScript, and Ajax frameworks such as Spry, jQuery, and Prototype. Get direct insight into core PHP functions, methods, and objects with dynamic PHP code hinting
Integrated FLV Content
Add FLV files to any web page with point-and-click ease and standards-compliant coding. Preview your movies with FLV playback capabilities in Live View
Site-Specific Code Hinting
Benefit from code hinting on nonstandard files and directories in Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, enabling enhanced hinting support for third-party PHP libraries and CMS frameworks such as WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla!
Extended Dreamweaver Community
Learn and share with an extensive Dreamweaver community. Benefit from the online Adobe Design Center and Adobe Developer Connection, training and seminars, developer certification programs, and user forums
Integrated CMS Support
Enjoy authoring and testing support for content management system frameworks like WordPress, Joomla!, and Drupal. Dynamically Related Files provides direct access to a page's related files, even for dynamic pages, and Live View Navigation offers accurate previews of dynamic applications
Comprehensive CSS Support
Design and develop websites with powerful CSS tools. Visually display the CSS box model without requiring separate utilities, and reduce the need to manually edit CSS code, even in external style sheets
Support for Leading Technologies
Design and develop in an environment that supports most leading web development technologies, including HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, Ajax, PHP, Adobe ColdFusion software, and ASP
Web Design Projects
Simple Site Setup
Set up a site faster than ever with the retooled Dreamweaver Site Definition dialog box. Add multiple servers with custom names to utilize staged, networked, or other site types
CSS Inspection
Visually display the CSS box model in detail and easily toggle CSS properties without reading code or needing to use a separate utility
CSS Starter Pages
Jump-start your standards-based website design with updated and simplified CSS Starter Layouts. With a wider selection to choose from, the new templates incorporate evolving CSS best practices and easy-to-understand selectors and rules
Web Applications
PHP Custom Class Code Hinting
Display proper syntax for custom PHP functions to help you write code more accurately. Rapidly build and maintain applications, and get direct insight into core PHP functions, methods, and objects with dynamic PHP code hinting
Subversion Support
Manage site files more effectively in collaborative, version-controlled environments with enhanced support for Subversion software. Move, copy, and delete files locally as you would a normal, static website, and then synchronize changes with your remote SVN repository
W3C Validation
Use the W3C's own online validation service to ensure the accuracy of your standards-based web designs