Dreamweaver is a powerful authoring tool definitely not developed for beginners, although no one says that beginners shouldn't use it. Dreamweaver 2 is the latest development from Macromedia and it's packed with features that can make any Web builder happy. Some of those features are listed below.

• The site map feature provides you with a navigational view of your site. Here you can create new files, assign links and more.

• Automatic link checking. This feature tracks the name of your files and their location and updates all necessary links when you make changes to them.

• Broken link checker allows you to search a file, a folder or an entire site for broken links and repair them.

• FTP functionality allows you to transfer files to a remote or local server.

• Advanced table editing features allow you to easily create and edit tables.

• Visual frame design allows you to create and manage frames easily.

• Easily add objects such as buttons, forms, rollover effects, images, applets, plug-ins to your site.

• Create e-commerce sites by using the pre-coded e-commerce objects that come with dreamweaver.

• Create JavaScript in no time. Pre-coded JavaScript actions allow you to detect your visitor's browser, set up alerts, rout your visitors to appropriate URLs and more.

• Create animations and other effects without the need for plug-ins.

• Watch source code while editing your site in WYSIWYG mode.

These features make Dreamweaver one of the best HTML editors in the market.  Yes, Dreamweaver is indeed a must have tool for professional web builders.