![]() As simple as typing text in the WYSIWYG editor and sharing the code with learners is a great way to teach the basics of coding in html. Web design in itself may be a bit complicated for younger learners in elementary, but basics could be taught to middle school learners and higher. Because you can view the source code with the click of a tab, this would be a great application to start any learner on website design. The application itself is laid out in a very easy to use workspace. No issues encountered while working with this application. As long as you know how to use a web-designing editor, BlueGriffon is very easy to work with and manage. If you want to switch to the source code, it is a simple tab click on the bottom of the screen. These functions allow you to manipulate your web page like a word-processing document while in the WYSIWYG window. The interface is simple and lays out all the main functions with small icons at the top of the window. That is all it takes and you are ready to start working with BlueGriffon. The install was just like many other Apple based programs, drag and drop into the Applications folder. I used the Apple version of this application. You don't need to code as long as you don't need complex, over the top designed websites. Great for novice users and those who just want simple content to share online with others. This application does allow users to create a very basic web page in html by using the WYSIWYG editor. It will highlight in red for me, what syntax errors I have and allow me to seek them out without having to decipher the complexity that is the coding language. ![]() BlueGriffon allows me to open up a document and view the code within it's code editor. Sometimes you want to affect design changes to a project, but cannot be done unless you change the code of the object or page you are working with. I am not a programmer, but more of a designer who needs to use code once in a while. These errors in code are not easy to spot, especially if you are not a programmer by nature. When creating any sort of code in my web-design application, like WordPress, I may have issue with the code not doing what it is supposed to. The beauty of Dreamweaver (and I found also in BlueGriffon) is that it will point out syntax errors in your code if there are any. What I normally use Dreamweaver for is making edits to website code when I am normally not able to in other web-designing applications. As mentioned, I did not explore BlueGriffon to it's fullest extent. While I hav used this application for personal and professional projects, my review comes from an educational one. BlueGriffon and Dreamweaver are very similar web editors and their basic functions/user interface resemble one another. ![]() My experience working with BlueGriffon is limited, but I have used Adobe Dreamweaver much more for some professional work. I am an Educational Technology Masters student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. For the tasks that I tried to accomplish, I did not have any issues with the application and it was not difficult or confusing to find what I needed. While not using the application to it's fullest capabilities, I will still give BlueGriffon a 4 star rating. I did add content to a blank file using the WYSIWYG, but it was only pictures and some text. The only thing I have done with the application is open up a working html file, and make simple edits to the code to see if BlueGriffon would point out syntax errors. I cannot honestly give BlueGriffon a 5 star rating, mostly because I have not used all of it's features.
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