I do . I use it daily. I get a lot of crap when I tell people that, especially designers, because of the stigma with it, so let me explain. Also let me preface this with being directed at Erik who gives me crap for using dreamweaver and thinks Coda is some revolutionary app even though all the functionality it has is available via any PC. 

So, really, this is my web design set-up… if you have other things you use let me know and I’ll try them out.

I don’t use the Dweaver WYSIWYG, I do however, use it for all of the other options it has.

1. Testing on your computer with a WAMP installation lets you run your php apps right here, without uploading. Erik didn’t know what WAMP was even though I told him multiple times. It stands for Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP and is just an exe that lets you turn your computer into a server. Set this guy up and then you can test your site locally, while testing server technologies.

2. When you set-up dreamweaver make sure to select the programmers window set-up and not the designer. The designer set-up is all WYSIWYG while if you go programmer you just skip all that. I use dreamweaver’s coding part pretty much only for its syntax highlighting but it does have a nice tooltip or two if you have questions.

3. You can (never have) mess with databases via dweaver, do some tag inspecting, and go into some deeper levels of programming beyond what you can remember off the top of your head. If you really want there are references built in such as O’Reilly’s whole suite of boks, css, html , xml and the whole set… validation, browser check, site reports, server debug… everything that is in Coda, or Espresso is in Dreamweaver.

The real reason I use dweaver though is just because of ease of working on files on the server (or your test server) . You just have an open sidebar with all of your FTP files in it, pick a file, make your edit and click the upload button (I have mine assigned to a keyboard shortcut so its even quicker). There isn’t switching between programs or anything like that, one window self-contained. Also, unlike my brain, Dweaver is pretty solid with managing sites, organizing files, keeping track of linked files etc… So instead of thousands of random folders on my computer everything is nice and tidy, which is obviously a major plus.

So, if you guys can look past your hatred of all WYSIWYG editors for a second, realize that if you cut out the frontpage-esque editor and use it mainly for syntax highlighting and file upload then you will enjoy the experience.

Other web related programs I use :
FileZilla (best free ftp software, but SmartFTP is addicting if you can cough up the bucks for it)
Putty & WinSCP for working on some funky servers
and Zune player, because really the most important part of web work is the music your listening to while doing it.

So really, besides the ftp program which I keep around for larger jobs than uploading a few miscellanious files via dreamweaver, and the putty which lets me ssh to some different systems… Dreamweaver is a one man set-up that can seriously increase your efficency… Just saying, Erik. Just sayin.