Thread: ANN: ADDT will soon be discontinued

I find myself a bit confused by your post.  This is a thread about the Dreamweaver Development Toolbox (ADDT) .. do you have that for CS3?  Clearly you are a Cold Fusion developer and as such, there isn't a lot in ADDT for you.  Same is true for ASP developers.  The advanced stuff in ADDT is mostly PHP only.   If I were in your situation, I would probably just stay with CS3.  It's stable and given that you don't...

lazlo wrote:   Zend Studio is the alternative, you build in this application, rather than DW, its module based so you upload what you require. Zend Studio is excellent. I have used it for about 18 months, and like it a lot.   However, Zend Studio is by no stretch of the imagination a replacement for ADDT. Like Dreamweaver, Zend Studio is a development environment. It has a lot of time-saving features, such as excellent code...

NancyG wrote:   That would be a great idea.  Why not find out what other developers could do with the core? I think it would be the best possible license with huge benefits for both parties: Adobe would still retain the copyright, but (the "as is" clause) not have any other obligation -- and the BSD license is great for users too, because it´s much less restrictive than the original ADDT license.

The problem with code ignitor is that you need to know how to write code. If you know how to write code then you can just do it in DReamweaver. ADDT helped those that don't know how to write code or what can be written with code.   Brad Lawryk Adobe Community Expert, Dreamweaver Adobe Usergroup Manager, Northern British Columbia Adobe User Group

Hi there are some alternativ solutions for dreamweaver users, webassist is one, their products cover à lot of what ADDT can do, but it is not as complete and  some time in a less integrated maner. Their solutions are more Front Office oriented ( really good design extension). ADDT is the best for Back Office.

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I hear a lot of this 'learn PHP' as though it was our fault for using such a time saving tool in a competitive business environment. With this same analogy, should we all learn Postscript so that we can 'hand craft' our PDF's and EPS files? I think that this may take some time.   Yes, people did used to use cut 'n' paste the old fashioned way when laying out artwork. When a computer took over this...

Well you will also be glad to know that the new ExpressionEngine CMS is being entirely rewritten using CodeIgniter.  So IMHO its only going to get better and better.  I did have a look at a few frameworks.  While there have their good points, their learning curve was a bit too much for me.  CodeIgniter has that much easier learning curve attached to it and coupled with Aptana Studio, I am certainly enjoying handcoding again

I think that's a fair summation. Anyone starting major development with ADDT now needs their head read. CMS have replaced tools like ADDT because ADDT is too complex, and too vulnerable to hacking.   Dreamweaver's future must also be questionable for similar reasons?   Losing ADDT is a major pain for those of us with major projects written with it.

I know how to write code, but I don't want to.  I am small operation and ADDT allows me to do things in a fraction of the time.  Time is money. Still, now that I know ADDT will work with CS4 I am not as frustrated about it.  I will check out the competing product and play around with it.  I began with InterAKT's products and continued on with the toolbox, so I began with a non-Adobe product, I am certainly not averse to going...