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Which is faster: coding out of the box or coding from nothing?

alexAugust 13, 2022September 11, 2022

The contest would go a long way in framing the web agency approach we offered to our customers. Was it faster to build a website using Dreamweaver, or Notepad.

Dreamweaver was being hailed as the emperor of website creation. No coding required, just drag and drop. Even a designer could now build a site.

Dream on dreamweaver!

Yet, could it really create every pixel-perfect detail?

But HTML from scratch, could it be done productively?

There was only one way to find out. A duel was set, Dreamweaver versus Notepad.

The winner was clearly Notepad. In fact, Dreamweaver still has not finished.

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