whats the difference between dreamweaver,flash,coldfusion, and fireworks, don’t want to install all of them just one but don’t know which one to choose,can u tell me what their for or what can they be used for and they’re advantages.thanks in advance.
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#1 by renzu_ku at July 6th, 2009
you can find definition of these from google, I’ll make it for you
Macromedia Flash: is a graphics animation program, written and marketed by Macromedia, that uses vector graphics. The resulting files, sometimes called “flash files”, may appear in a web page to view in a web browser, or standalone players Flash players may “play” them. Flash files occur most commonly in animated advertisements on web pages and rich-media web sites, although prank flash has become common.
http://www.music.us/education/M/Macromedia-Fl...
Macromedia Dreamweaver: is an HTML editor developed by Macromedia. It was originally targeted at professional web designers and offers an editing system that combines both the productivity of WYSIWYG design with the control of HTML code editing mode. This combination was quite unique in late 1990s and helped Dreamweaver to a widespread adoption. It is currently available for Mac and Windows and holds about 80% of the professional HTML editor market. …
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_Dream…
Macromedia ColdFusion: CFML short for ColdFusion Markup Language, a proprietary markup language developed by Allaire for use with ColdFusion. CFML is a tag-based Web scripting language supporting dynamic Web page creation and Database access in a Web server environment. In the language, ColdFusion tags are embedded in HTML files. The HTML tags determine the page’s layout while the CFML tags import content based on user input or the results of a database query. Files created with CFML have the file extension .cfm.
http://www.brontedesign.com/glossary.asp
MAcromedia Fireworks: is a bitmap and vector graphics editor, developed by Macromedia and aimed at web designers. It is designed to integrate easily with other Macromedia products, such as Dreamweaver and Flash, and is part of the Macromedia Studio MX suite.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia_Firew…
and here is one more
Macromedia Director: A popular multimedia authoring program for Windows and Macintosh from Macromedia. Runtime versions can be run, edited and switched between Windows and Mac platforms. Shockwave is a browser plug-in that lets output from Macromedia’s Director, Authorware and Freehand packages be viewed on the Web.
http://www.bradycommunications.com/perspectiv...
Hope this was usful
leon
#2 by jklassen at July 6th, 2009
Dreamweaver – Web Design/Development
Flash – Web Animations
Coldfusion – Database Development I beleive
Fireworks – Photoshop type program (Graphics Design)