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i have never used DW to do any php or mysql code for me. I have always written it myself !! I like to know what is going on in the code, that makes it easier to edit it and improve it !

I use Dreamweaver almost every single day, but I still code
everything by hand. All of it. I only use the 'Design View' for
helping to debug peoples nested tables in nested tables and
for creating image maps [very rarely].

For me, it's things like the code indenting/colouring/completion,
the remote coding/ftp to server and 'site' tricks that make it
the best...

The fact that it produces the cleanest* code from the design
view is just a bonus [although very handy for amateurs], and
makes it even better IMO.

*cleanest meaning tidiest/least bulky code compared to other
editors like FrontPage and GoLive...

/My tuppence

well said, i can't give you any rep right now tho!

If the programmer forgets how to code properly because of these tools then yes, they are causing the programmer to become a less-skilled programmer. However... a pilot uses auto-pilot during a flight does that make him/her a lesser-skilled pilot? Same with those sensors in car bumpers that beep when you're close to another object. Do they make you worse at backing up? I see it as technology helping us to be closer to error-free in a skill we have supposedly learned. I think whether technology causes you to lose skill doesn't apply to all of those examples, rather it probably applies to programming and backing up in a car. When those tools start to fail or are unavailable, that'll separate the men from the boys. You and I will know how to program or script without the use of tools but Little Jimmy will have some syntax errors and those might occur in a "test" given by a prospective employer during a job interview. I think that these speed-enhancing tools are good as long as you don't forget that you need to be able to program/script on your own. To get back to the pilots, i'm ok with pilots using auto-pilot as long as they know 100% what they're doing in case auto-pilot isn't available some time. Same with scripting.