Is this course redundant?

Pixel Eater

Hoping to do some sort of web design course. Mostly interested in the front end of things. Saw this and it looked interesting but the fact that it is advertising Dreamweaver is making me sceptical; I thought that programme was totally outdated?

https://www.griffith.ie/faculties/professional-academy/courses/professional-certificate-in-web-design-development?utm_term=web%20design%20course&utm_campaign=WGS%20-%20Priority%20-%20Phrase%20%26%20Exact&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=9600986971&hsa_cam=1536723979&hsa_grp=79430800209&hsa_ad=652889087706&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-316050344863&hsa_kw=web%20design%20course&hsa_mt=p&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjY64BhCaARIsAIfc7Ybud8zXjEqwsywnjBBtFxzuOW5zX-o36VHQliDEjyRXGWMBISHHaekaAjhEEALw_wcB

Would it be more benefit to just do a more basic course in HTML/CSS instead? I've been trying to avoid coding but maybe learning the fundamentals is a good idea.

https://www.ecollege.ie/all-courses/it-specialist-html-and-css

megaten

Only time I've seen dreamweaver fired up is to create html email templates

Pixel Eater

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122693240#Comment_122693240

So no point spending €1200 on a course then…

daymobrew

The latest version of Dreamweaver was released in May this year so it's still supported. The point releases seem to be once a year so it feels like maintenance releases rather than having new features.

The course does seem quite expensive - you could probably do a better online course from someone with a good reputation. For example, Kevin Powell has 944k followers on YouTube. I find his videos very helpful and educational. He has some online courses. The HTML/CSS crash course for beginners is free.