Adobe GoLive

Infobox Software
name = Adobe GoLive



caption = Adobe GoLive 9 running under Mac OS X
developer = Adobe Systems
latest release version = 9.0
latest release date = release_date|2007|06|01
operating system = Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows
programming language = C++
genre = HTML editor
status = Discontinued
license = Proprietary
website = [http://www.adobe.com/products/golive/main.html www.adobe.com/products/golive/]

Adobe GoLive is an HTML editor and web site management application from Adobe Systems. It replaced Adobe PageMill as Adobe's primary HTML editor. The latest version of Adobe GoLive is version 9, which is not integrated as part of Adobe Creative Suite 3. GoLive was discontinued in April 2008.

Adobe GoLive originated as CyberStudio, the flagship product of a company named GoLive Systems, Inc. then based in Hamburg, Germany. Adobe purchased GoLive in 1999 and re-branded the GoLive CyberStudio product to what is now Adobe GoLive. The first versions of Dreamweaver and Cyberstudio were released in a similar timeframe. However, Dreamweaver eventually became the dominant HTML editor in both market and mindshare.

Adobe CS2 Premium contains GoLive CS2. While Creative Suite 3 integrates Dreamweaver as a replacement for GoLive, Adobe released GoLive 9 as a standalone product. [ [http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200609/091806CreativeSuite.html Adobe PressRoom] ] On April 2008, Adobe announced that sales and development of GoLive had ceased in favor of Dreamweaver. [cite web |url=http://www.macworld.com/article/133181/2008/04/golivedead.html |author=Cohen, Peter |title="Adobe discontinues GoLive" |publisher=Macworld |date=2008-04-27 |accessdate=2008-04-28]

GoLive incorporates a largely modeless workflow that relies heavily on drag-and-drop. Most user interaction is done via a contextual inspector rather than the modal workflow found in Dreamweaver. Among its features are a separate editor for tables that supports nesting, and a two-dimensional panel for applying CSS styles to elements. Testament to Adobe's commitment to interoperability among its applications, GoLive supports drag-and-drop of native Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator files via what the company calls "Smart Objects", which then automatically guide the user through saving those files in web-supported formats. Updates to the original Photoshop or Illustrator assets are automatically tracked by GoLive. As a web site management tool, GoLive allows users to transfer and publish content directly from within the application, and allows individual files to be excluded from uploading.

Adobe GoLive is coded in the C++ programming language [Bjarne Stroustrup. [http://www.research.att.com/~bs/applications.html C++ applications] , 2007-05-25. Retrieved on 2007-06-19.] . It is unusual in that instead of using a standard C++ framework such as PowerPlant or MFC, GoLive uses a custom C++ framework called SCL (Simple Class Library) which was initially built from scratch by the engineers at GoLive Systems Inc. The SCL framework is currently used exclusively by GoLive but was also used in the short-lived Adobe Atmosphere 3D software.

GoLive has a powerful set of extensibility APIs which can be used to add additional functionality to the product. The GoLive SDK provides interfaces which allow developers to use a combination of XML, JavaScript and C/C++ to create plugins for the product. [ [http://www.adobe.com/devnet/golive/ Adobe GoLive SDK] ] Unusually, the extensibility API allows developers access to custom drawing and event handling using JavaScript, as well as a full JavaScript debugger and command line interpreter. This allows intermediate-level developers using interpreted JavaScript to create sophisticated user interfaces, the creation of which is normally reserved for developers using compiled languages such as C.

Release History

References

ee also

*Comparison of HTML editors
*List of HTML editors

External links

* [http://www.adobe.com/products/golive/ Adobe GoLive homepage]
* [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/04/26/golive_history.html OReilly Article with GoLive History]
* [http://www.mprove.de/script/99/pointshoot/index.html mprove: Adobe GoLive’s Point & Shoot - an interface technique for creating hyperlinks]
* [http://www.futurastudios.com/golive911/ Adobe GoLive Tutorials & Resource Site]
* [http://www.technologytutorials.org/ GoLive CS2 Tutorials and Reference]
* [http://www.golivecentral.com/ GoLiveCentral - Tutorials & Resources]
* [http://www.transmitmedia.com/golive/paypal/ PayPal eCommerce Extension for Adobe GoLive]