Hey guys

[Shno]

Was wondering can i use dreamweaver to develop my browser game, i like the program because i can see what i'm doing plus i worked with it when i was in highschool. What do you guys think ? If it aint good please show me a simmilar program.

[Nox]

Isn't dreamweaver just for front-end?
I don't know, hand-crafted code tends to be of much higher quality and more maintainable

And for back-end I'd really advocate Netbeans

But in the end it's up to you what will suit you best ... editor is just a tool

[Shno]

Ty for the advice.

[edmazur]

I'll give Eclipse PDT a plug.

I'd used vanilla Eclipse for Java for awhile and decided to give PDT a try early last year. I've been using it since and it's worked out great. My codebase varies quite a bit (PHP, Java, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, shell scripts, Ant build files, and so on) and Eclipse is able to handle pretty much all of it.

[Freyr]

The problem with IDEs such as Dreamweaver, is that it is designed for designers. It's a drag-n-drop interface, and doesn't really hold any spectacular services one would actually need when developing a large application such as a game in your case.

You need something that allows you to debug and profile your scripts, and that would allow you to create "hooks" in your application and be able to follow the code execution. I do not know if Dreamweaver has any of this, but I doubt it will do.

NetBeans and Zend are two excellent editors you might want to take a look at.

[FutureLost]

We are using http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit. Free and it suits our needs for html, php, js and css. I agree with the previous posters, that it is always better option to handcraft your game. Good luck!