What is HTML?
HyperText Mark-up
Language (HTML) is the main language
for showing web pages and other information that can be presented in a network
browser.
HTML is written in the form of HTML elements consisting of tags
enclosed in angle brackets (like <html>) within the web page content. The
first tag is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag (also called opening
tags and closing tags). Between these two tags web creators can insert text,
tags, comments and other types of text-based context.
The purpose
of read HTML is to create documents
and compose them into visible or clear web pages. The browser does not display
the HTML tags, but uses the tags to understand
the content of the page.
HTML allows images and objects to be
embedded and to be used to create collaborating forms. It can embed scripts in
languages such as JavaScript which affect the performance of HTML webpages.
Pros:
- HTML
websites are more secure; there is less of a chance you will get hacked.
- You
can design your website exactly how you want it.
- Other
coding languages can be easily combined into your website.
Cons:
- It
can take longer to design a website using HTML.
- With
HTML, one character out of place can mean your entire website doesn’t load
properly.
- Simple
changes to your website can take much longer to instrument than you are willing
to spend since you may have to make those changes one page at a time.
Microsoft FrontPage
Microsoft
FrontPage is a dropped WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) HTML editor and
Web site management tool (from Microsoft) for the Microsoft Windows line of working
systems. Microsoft FrontPage has been replaced by Microsoft Expression Web and
SharePoint Designer, which were released in December 2006 together with
Microsoft Office 2007.
Pros:
- Has
been built on top of the highly successful Microsoft Office suite.
- It
benefits from having a similar appearance to Microsoft Word. An easy-to-use
menu system.
- FrontPage
also has a plenty of ready to use templates, particularly useful for the beginner
users.
Cons:
- Simplicity
and ease of use often generates lots of unwanted code which can be difficult to
manage.
- It
has been designed specifically for Internet Explorer. This means the web pages
look perfect in I.E. but often slightly out of sync in other leading browsers.
- You
need a web server that supports FrontPage extensions to get some features to
work.
Dreamweaver
Adobe
Dreamweaver (previously Macromedia Dreamweaver) is a branded web development
application initially created by Macromedia. Now it is developed by Adobe Systems.
Adobe
Dreamweaver is available for both Mac and Windows operating systems. Recent versions have improved support for web
technologies such as CSS, JavaScript, etc.
Pros:
- Has
a nice blend of advanced tools mixed in with a refined graphical user interface.
- Enables
you to build your own custom templates, allowing alterations to hundreds of
pages to be made with one single change.
- Is
part of the Macromedia Studio suite and enables easy website maintenance.
Cons:
- Is
not as easy to use and may look a little foreign and intimidating to the novice
user.
- Has
a wide – ranging collection of advanced tools and may be a little too complex
for those who wish to simply edit pages.
- Dreamweaver
is a little more expensive than FrontPage.
In my opinion I’d rather want to spend less time on implementing changes to my website then having to spend much more time changing one thing for every page at a time. My conclusion is that I would not choose to use HTML.
I believe that Microsoft Office FrontPage is a well-developed we editor for novice users (beginners). Although, once I’d want to start using more professionally developed web editors such as Dreamweaver.
Once I have learned how to used Microsoft Office FrontPage and still enjoy editing and creating web pages, I would personally start using Dreamweaver when I’m old enough to pay with my own money.
Conclusion over all :
Out of all
of the software editors (not reminding me about the money) I would assume using
Microsoft Office as a novice user, learn the basics and when I feel confident I
will instigate using Dreamweaver.
