For A Beginner, what is the best program to use to make web pages

Frontpage, Dreamweaver, Etc....

[sadelb]

I am in the beginning stages of making web pages and do not know to much about applying actual code. I would like to use a program such as dreamweaver or frontpage. I plan on buying a book to teach myself all about the program but I am undecided on what program to use. I especially want a program that is search engine friendly so that my web page is listed well in the serps with good headings, tags etc...What do you guys reccomend as far as a program that would be beneficial for me to use in beginning my web page creating? Thanks

[txbakers]

About Dreamweaver Bloat:

When deleting a record from the database, DW produces more than 50 lines of code.

By hand, the same process takes about 6 lines.

Comparing the two versions, and taking out the common lines (extablishing the object, connecting, executing the SQL, and redirecting), the difference is one line by hand.

var SQL = "delete from table where recordID=" & Request("recordID")

nothing else is needed, yet DW produces half a page of code.