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Why exactly is Dreamweaver such a bad tool to use, especially with it's code editor that (personally of course) seems to be hands and feet better than the competition.

I can see why designers would dislike the visual editor side, but who really uses it for serious work anyway, PHP syntax highlighting is far better in Dreamweaver, as is HTML. its really a personal choice that the developer has to make, and if it works well for them, I don't think its right to say, "you use Dreamweaver, hence i am better".

Same goes for Visual Studio/Aptana/whatever else, if the developer prefers t and can produce his work with it, why deride him for the tools he chooses to use?

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#62

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Why do I feel like that is sarcastic? But anyway thanks for the comment.

He probably isn't being sarcastic. You do seem leagues ahead of other highschoolers your age and that is probably inflating your ego a bit! Just keep a level head, man. You will find you will gain far more for yourself being supportive of others than you will from putting them down.

You're probably correct. I apologize. Honestly. I was mad at the time. That's I why I held off posting it as is. Now I realize my mistake.

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#63

I would absolutely have pegged this as satire, but it looks like a Eugene Ross did indeed place second in a web design competition in Sarasota. http://www.sarasotacountyschools.net/schools/sarasotahigh/in... Ctrl-F Eugene Ross

Looks like someone did there homework! But really, this a bit on the creep side...

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#64
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I'm a fool and this should be taken as self expression. Don't take this as me hating on anyone. I'm an idiot for posting this.

Hey man quit with the self pity and keep doing your thing. Forget about what everyone else is saying and just keep honing your craft, you're leagues ahead of any other high schoolers your age.

I know what you did there ;).

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#65

I'm a fool and this should be taken as self expression. Don't take this as me hating on anyone. I'm an idiot for posting this.

You're not better or worse than anyone. As far as I'm concerned, that kind of qualitative judgement doesn't really mean anything. You weren't able to meet the goals you defined within this particular system, and it's having a huge negative backlash in more than one way.

No, I don't think you should give up on coding or lose your drive to get better, but you need to use it as a reality check. I mean that even outside of realizing you are or aren't as good as you thought you are. I have no way to objectively measure how good you are. I think that's irrelevant anyway. The reality check should be that feelings of superiority are normally fickle and fleeting. In my opinion, they're also not terribly useful. They can crash to the ground in a second, and if your self worth is tied up in that, it's going to come crashing down as well.

It's not to say that competition and a drive to be the best are bad. They're definitely not; however, hubris and the absolute need to win aren't great. They completely robbed you of your ability to even think about more deeply analyzing what lead to your loss.

Things are almost never black and white. Dreamweaver isn't somehow intrinsically Bad, as though that's been written into the fabric of reality. It's bad when used a certain way, to accomplish certain goals, within a defined system. Things are hardly ever simple.

This is where I say something super hippyish. He's obviously not the only one who talks about this, but the Dalai Lama talks about recognizing and embracing your own weakness, to the point where it's a strength. If you're not at all ashamed with having been wrong, having come in second place, or not knowing something, it's much easier to give credit where it's due, to understand and improve upon your own weakness, to never get caught faking competence, and to appear confident and calm. People like that.

Anyway, end my high-horsed opinionated semi-ranting. ymmv

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I would absolutely have pegged this as satire, but it looks like a Eugene Ross did indeed place second in a web design competition in Sarasota. http://www.sarasotacountyschools.net/schools/sarasotahigh/in... Ctrl-F Eugene Ross

Looks like someone did there homework! But really, this a bit on the creep side...

You should hold back this kind of response. Let comments like this stand. It's not crazy to google something for thirty seconds and the creep response does more to hurt your image.

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Wow. I couldn't even imagine the pain it would be to work with someone like this.

You must be soft.

No just baffled that you would think someone would be in awe because of your superiority. When I work with people I treat them as equals and expect to be treated the same way, not to be looked down upon.

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Yeah, he's super cocky and arrogant. But he is only in high school. I can remember, oh, 1 or 2 kids who thought they owned the school back when I was somewhere around there. The good news is, he has a lot of life left, and plenty of time to mature. Putting out this little article will I think help him head him down that path. Good luck Eugene - keep improving yourself.

Jesus man. I'm definitely not that type of kid. Honest. But I'll take your words into good meaning.

Obviously we've never met, but as you've seen I'm not the only one who's inferred that from your post. I really do wish you the best in all your future ventures. Keep growing.

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Jesus man. I'm definitely not that type of kid. Honest. But I'll take your words into good meaning.

Obviously we've never met, but as you've seen I'm not the only one who's inferred that from your post. I really do wish you the best in all your future ventures. Keep growing.

That means a lot right now. I appreciate it on many different levels. I will pursue your advice.

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~ I got 2nd place in a C++ programming competition for "designing" a storefront. I'm in a state of sorrow and bewilderment because the winner used [Visual Studio / Eclipse / Sublime / Fancy Pants Keyboard / monitor / hands...]. Forgive me for not wading through the post. Was this a competition for visual design or writing HTML by hand? If the winner had used Front Page or some such, well, then this post might make se…

It was for visual design, yet wasn't determined on choice of application. From what I have seen, most of the sites were very much like Front Page quality, yet they were made in DW. That's why I was assuming my competition was of the same quality.
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