Microsoft Visual InterDev Pro 6.0 Upgrade

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Summary: Steer clear of this one
Review: I don't generally write reviews for products I dislike, but I really have major problems with VID. I tried using it for about six months, believe it or not, because I've been doing a lot of ASP programming and this product was supposed to be the cats meow. NOT!

It does do some things well as far as ASP goes, but it has a way of filling up each directory of your website with additional files, whether you want them or not. Perhaps I'm misusing the program. I bought three books on the subject, tried the newsgroups and just accepted that I'll use it for what I can use it for and no more. I tried to get help in the Newsgroups and I soon discovered that it's the blind leading the blind. I'm convinced most people do not know how to use this program well and perhaps not many are using it either because the newsgroups are almost empty. If you don't believe me, check it out.

I ended up downloading a trial version of HomeSite and I'm sticking with it. It's also significantly less expensive. A truly magnificient program which really allows you to code webpages very fast. I've had the evaluation copy for 10 days and I'm much more productive with it after 10 days than I ever was with VID after six months! HomeSite is intuitive - VID is not.

VID is very bloated as well. It takes a long time to load. It feels bloated like there is 10 tons of overhead that you don't need. I don't like what VID does with my websites creating directories and hidden directories and multiple copies of files hidden all over the place. Just try cleaning up the files on your server some day and see what this program does with each project you create. There is no mention of why this is done or whether it can even be controlled by the user. It just does what it wants whether you like it or not. This application is the epitome of complexity.

This is a very, very BAD program in my opinion. Save yourself some trouble by at least downloading the trial version of HomeSite and see if it does what you want. I wish I had done that six months ago and saved myself a lot of headaches.

And no, I am not in anyway affiliated with HomeSite!

Rating:
Summary: Steer clear of this one
Review: I don't generally write reviews for products I dislike, but I really have major problems with VID. I tried using it for about six months, believe it or not, because I've been doing a lot of ASP programming and this product was supposed to be the cats meow. NOT!

It does do some things well as far as ASP goes, but it has a way of filling up each directory of your website with additional files, whether you want them or not. Perhaps I'm misusing the program. I bought three books on the subject, tried the newsgroups and just accepted that I'll use it for what I can use it for and no more. I tried to get help in the Newsgroups and I soon discovered that it's the blind leading the blind. I'm convinced most people do not know how to use this program well and perhaps not many are using it either because the newsgroups are almost empty. If you don't believe me, check it out.

I ended up downloading a trial version of HomeSite and I'm sticking with it. It's also significantly less expensive. A truly magnificient program which really allows you to code webpages very fast. I've had the evaluation copy for 10 days and I'm much more productive with it after 10 days than I ever was with VID after six months! HomeSite is intuitive - VID is not.

VID is very bloated as well. It takes a long time to load. It feels bloated like there is 10 tons of overhead that you don't need. I don't like what VID does with my websites creating directories and hidden directories and multiple copies of files hidden all over the place. Just try cleaning up the files on your server some day and see what this program does with each project you create. There is no mention of why this is done or whether it can even be controlled by the user. It just does what it wants whether you like it or not. This application is the epitome of complexity.

This is a very, very BAD program in my opinion. Save yourself some trouble by at least downloading the trial version of HomeSite and see if it does what you want. I wish I had done that six months ago and saved myself a lot of headaches.

And no, I am not in anyway affiliated with HomeSite!

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Summary: Great program for web designers!
Review: InterDev is a wonderful product with many features. With this product you do have to know some coding. If you don't then it may be a little tough. This has three features for showing you the page: One shows you the page and you can move things around or do whatever, one is the source code, amd one is what the page would look like in an actual web browser. If you are a beginner then I wouldn't get this one yet.

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Summary: Best of ASP tools
Review: This is the best editor for Developing Dynamic/database supported websites with ASP. You can write Javascript on the fly. One of the best Developer friendly GUI tool.