Most Time I fix the existing Code of my Clients Homepages rather than installing new Systems. So I do not  use so often Frameworks or other Tools that store Code related Data in extra Files. In most cases I work simple around with my Notepad or a basic HTML Editor like Frontpage (yes, its quit old, but still it loads very fast and that is what i need)

I understand that for a new big project it could be interesting to use a framework, but after all my work I understood that we just need a organized Work and our standart pc works already as a framework.

A folder for Scripts we often need, a logic structure for our folders and some documentation and we can be as fast as with a framework. People often think such a framework makes there work so easy they just need to give some orders and the code is finished. But there isn’t a software like that, because its the coders creativity that make that. Whats great for sure is if we have some Script Collections that helps.

But also that is mostly needed when we make new systems. Some Graphic effects or AJAX gimmicks. But when you are specialized like me to fix a Code you do not need so many scripts, you just have to understand how a code is working, analyse it and fix what is needed. Or what I am often do is creating some turnarounds like, a Client have two databases and each of them with a different language and he would like that his user just need to register from one form and come registered in both databases (lets say one Forum and one Shop). So here its for example a trick not to work direct with the Database, just get the output Data from the Register form and post it direct into the other Form.

If you can use the standart Post Command fine, if there are some validations that you need to check you may send the Data via a autosubmit Javascript and should there be something wrong from the input the second form will automatically complain, so the user have to change his data there. Finally it looks, the user enter his data in form1, you grab the data, send it to form 2 (what the user don’t see) and if all is ok, the user just see as next screen the result from the register form2 and not from form 1. Finally u save a lot of time instead of analysing the Database procedures. That can take a long time, especially when its coded in OOP and lot of sub-routines.

So i am quit not good in OOP and really i even don’t like it so much. Its a great playing field for coders where you can profile yourself and do funny stuff. Once I was in my Playtime for OOP I did a OOP for a Basic Language and I had quit a lot of fun. But the argument that the OOP code is more understandable than a usual code is not my opinion. And when I have the source code i also can easy change the code where it is needed instead to write extensions of the OOP. I know there are many enthusiastic Coders who will complain in that point with me, but its just my personal opinion and i will still code in the old school way.

In the last Days I checked again the new versions of Dreamweaver, Ms Expression, Eclipse, Zent Framework and Delphi for PHP 2.0, so you dont think because I work mostly with Standarttools I am not interested whats actual going on. Instead I am very interested, but most so called new Features are just good Marketing. My result in that. Dreamweaver (actual Version cs4) is still a good Tool to help in most cases. You have a good working WYSIWYG Editor, PHP code is highlighted and i like this Spry Modules for Sliding Effects. MS Expression is even quit good, and you can re-size Divs just by Mouse what I am missing in Dreamweaver. Eclipse as a Coding Environment is also very nice when you need something to format your code, Zent Framework, sorry guys, you may help me in that, I don’t see right now in just a short test what my really benefit is in this, also when they claim on the homepage and other coders write how helpful it is to make faster coding.

Delphi for PHP finally is a very interesting new concept because you work on a desktop system and it generates from your designing a php code. I am not finished now with testing, but I will give it some more try. By the Way in Dreamweaver are also special Mysql Database connection modules. I like the idea that I just need to make some clicks and I have a database connection, even with page Next and back and so on.

Nice for a beginner, but for a individual Homepage I prefer to code it handmade, just because I have more control (full control) for what happens and how it happen. Yes I could change the code that dreamweaver generates, but in that case I am faster with some of my standart scripts where i just need to change even what tables are needed. At all, there is always a move in the coding scene, there will be always new tools and frameworks and every company for sure will claim his product as the most cool, fastest and best. For my its still the same. Look for a good Online Resource where all Commands of your language are described. so for example for PHP its http://php.net, a simple editor like notepad or Dreamweaver and you are done.