More than using any software, you should get use to that. You will be a good designer only in the software in which you can put the content what is there actually in your mind. I personally think dreamweaver is the best because, there is no restriction for the type of pages it opens, it can be a php or it can be html or it can be any web supporting files. You can very easily edit the file which you want to upload it to your server.
Tutorials I advice you to go for w3schools.com which has everything for beginners.