I am a web developer. I use Adobe Creative Cloud in my web projects, including Dreamweaver CC which is included in a CC subscription. First things first, Adobe's pricing model causes confusion. If you buy this 12 month subscription as a recurring billing, you are committed to 12 months. You pay the monthly price (at the time of this writing about $22 a month) each month and are not allowed to cancel your subscription until you have paid for 12 months, unless you pay an early cancellation fee. If you want to buy a subscription with the option to cancel at any time, get this plan.

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In the above subscription, you pay each month and can cancel at any time, penalty free.

Now on to the software. Depending on the day I use this software, I will be tempted to give it a 1 star review or a 5 star review. The 1 star review is due to bugs that creep up once in a while and will drive you mad. I haven't had any significant bugs in about 7 months, and it appears that the regular updates to the software are weeding them out efficiently.

This software is a web editor. It is used to create websites. To create a website you have to write HTML code at minimum, and any nice looking site will have CSS styling. Those 2 will get you a good visual design, if done correctly. If you want your website to do something, say add products to a shopping cart or have details entered into a contact form sent to you, you have to add programming. This will be languages like php and JavaScript.

For the HTML/CSS component, the software has an editing mode commonly referred to as WYSIWYG, which stands for What You See is What You Get. They call it design mode. This is an editor where rather than typing code, you operate Dreamweaver as you might a word processor, seeing the results of what you do at each step. Dreamweaver writes your HTML and CSS behind the scenes.

To add programming to a website, you will have to manually type the code. For this, Dreamweaver has hints and checks that tell you when your syntax is wrong. You will see the results of what you do in the design mode window in most cases, but you do not have any sort of dumbed down interface as you do with HTML/CSS.

Here is a list of most of the main features of this software-
-design mode where you edit websites like a word processor
-code view where you type HTML, CSS, PHP, etc. code manually
-split view where you type code manually in half the window and use design mode in the other half
-native, built in support for PHP, JavaScript, Json, HTML, CSS, HTML Templates, SASS and LESS (these are CSS pre-compilers , advanced tools for writing CSS), and XML. All of the above will give you syntax hints and will often have auto complete functionality
-Many other languages will work, and if you look online there are extensions and plugins for just about everything
-FTP and SFTP file upload support. FTP and SFTP are protocols you use to upload the web files you create to a server so that they display on the internet. There are plenty of free tools to do this, like FileZilla, but Dreamweaver makes it much easier to manage, especially if you have multiple projects.
-Ability to push files to a testing server, which is a web server that you create on your personal computer and use to test your web pages
-And the final big one is that you can open the web pages in your browser and edit them. Your edits will take effect in real time and appear exactly as they will on the production version with that code. If you are using server side code it is not real time, but only each time you save the file. This is still very convenient.

Here are the main considerations you want to take into account before buying this software-

-The price, as described above you may be locked in longer than you want. For code editing, there is no necessity of having a tool like Dreamweaver. All you need is a text editor, like the free Notepad app that comes with Windows. You can type your HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP on text files, save them in the appropriate format, and upload them to the web. If done correctly, they will work just as well. There are also plenty of free code editing tools online. With Dreamweaver, you are paying for convenience and features that make your projects go faster and with less headaches. You are not paying for a necessity to be in this business.

If you are a student, you may be able to get a cheaper subscription, so check on that before buying the commercial version. It may be better for your needs.

The final consideration is that you are paying $22 a month for 1 software package, when you can get the whole Creative Cloud Suite for around $55 a month. The extra $33 a month gets you over a dozen other software products that are very useful. This includes Adobe XD, which is terrific for doing UI design

-next is the level of skill needed to use. If you have no prior experience using an editor like this, or no knowledge of HTML, CSS, etc. you will not be using this like a pro out of the box. You will much more likely be a little confused or intimidated when you open the software the first time. The remedy for this is to search online for tutorials and do some trial and error. You are getting into a very complex exercise when you create a web page. There is no 5 minute solution for someone just starting. I mentioned that you can use this like you would a word processor, and you can, but don't assume that just because you're good with Microsoft word you will pick this up and make a professional looking site. If you are just picking this up with no prior knowledge, expect a 6 month learning curve and expect that learning to include reading a lot online and possibly books and courses you buy. You will be making your first page before then, but it will take time to get good enough to make a site that looks decent.

-To use server side programming (like php), you need a server. This is usually first done on your personal computer. You can get free web server software to install and test your webpages. This is not a built in function of Dreamweaver. You do not point and click and boom there your server is loaded. For this you will be looking up how to do it online and it will be a tad bit technical. You may find yourself pulling your hair out in that process, and my advice is to get used to it if you're going to be a programmer.