Going to school for web development and programming. looking for some software to buy?

I am looking for some software that will help me better my skills as a web programmer. Any ideas of software would be greatly appreciated.

Buy dreamweaver.

If you want to learn properly then don't buy any web design software! The best approach is to lean how to do things by hand. Leaning to use a software package only teaches you to lean a package, learning to hand build sites will teach you about the whole process.

Web design software such as Dreamwaver hides the actual process of building HTML, stylesheets and graphic slices. Go and use sites such as W3Schools and positioniseverything which will show the the fundamentals.

The only software you might want to buy to do this is textpad which is like an advanced version of Windows notepad, this and a graphics package such as Photoshop or the excellent free equivalent Gimp.

This is how I build all my sites and I have built some huge and complicated ones over the years.

Good luck!

Dave - http://www.sqoo.co.uk

It would help if you were specific about what you want to program in. Tip. It's better to be an expert at one thing, than know a little about everything, mind you, you need to know the basics of HTML, CSS, Design and to a lesser extent, JavaScript too.

If you are just starting out and have a few dollars. Essentials are Dreamweaver and Photoshop

Any student I've ever known likes free stuff, so why buy what can be had for free. Check out:

http://www.microsoft.com/express/

MS Visual Studio 2008 Express for free dude. Specifically developed for comp sci students and hobbyist. "easy to use tools for the hobbyist, novice and student developer."

Buy some designing software and try to innovate some thing .

Practice and practice you will become perfect web designer

you don't need to buy anything -- a good school will provide the software.