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Iam building a application that helps web developers design website's.It would be appreciated if you(web developers) could tell me what you want to see in a web application.

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Since confirmed this is a desktop site builder, pick a single primary workflow to guide early design (code-first or visual-first) and make the other optional. Key differentiators are clean, standards-compliant output, a small footprint, and an extensible plugin system so the community can add components without changing core behavior.

For an initial feature set focus on high-value items rather than trying to match every existing IDE. Important capabilities include a fast, extensible code editor with language-aware completion, snippets and project-wide search/replace; an embedded live preview that can emulate devices and optionally serve files via a local HTTP server so server-side pages render correctly; project and asset management with lossless image optimization and export/publish (including version control integration); visual CSS layout helpers (flex/grid inspector and responsive breakpoint preview); and built-in linting/formatting plus a plugin API to extend the tool later.

A practical incremental roadmap: first deliver editor + project system + live preview so users can edit and instantly verify pages. Next add deployment and version-control workflows. Then layer in visual CSS tools and a component/template library. Finally integrate build tooling, linters and accessibility/performance checks. Release small, test with real projects, iterate on feedback.

A few cautions and practical notes: avoid generating proprietary markup that locks users in; implement a configurable snippet/toolbar (building on s idea) so users can insert semantic, accessible snippets rather than fixed vendor markup. If you plan CMS support (as mentioned), provide import/export hooks and template editing instead of forcing a single CMS format. For code-first users (echoing points from other replies), keep the editor fast and allow integration with external image tools rather than bundling heavy editors. Finally, provide a toggle to preview via local server to avoid file:// caching quirks and ensure behavior matches deployed sites.

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Member Avatar for Anonymusius

The only thing I use is a text editor with some sort of text highlighting, at this moment bluefish. (And off course an image editor, GIMP for me). If you want feature's to include in such an application look at the feature list of Dreamweaver, that is ought to give you inspiration.

But what are you trying to build? A web application or a desktop application? (I assumed the latter, but since the title is "Web app"

Member Avatar for pritaeas

Maybe he wants to build a CMS. In that case, have a look at Mambo or PostNuke.

Member Avatar for Pro2000

You can do a great step by adding new buttons which add tags to his pages when he click on.

Member Avatar for ArNy

its a desktop application to create websites, etc. like dreamweaver

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