Re: FLASH: Dreamweaver vs. HTML in Notepad

[Hal Medrano]

Right on, Bill.  You've described the process I've seen on most high-end web

teams perfectly.


<rant>


I've been in this industry about 3 years and for the last year and half

working as a multimedia developer with the web team at U S WEST.  You wanna

talk high-traffic?  uswest.com fits the bill.  Most of the HTML

professionals on our team use Dreamweaver (or some other such object editor)

to lay out tables, and that's about it.  Most pros I've seen use text

editors such as BBEdit for their heavy work (Homesite also has a few

adherents).  And I would argue they're just as fast with text editors as

with their chosen WYSIWYGs.


Someone who doesn't understand HTML would be weeded out of our group in a

week, no matter how well they know Dreamwhatever. What value would they have

in terms of designing site strategy? How would they keep track of

technological changes (yes, BEFORE the WYSIWYGs incorporate them)? And what

the heck would they do when it comes time to troubleshoot a site?  Call

Macromedia?


The question posed by this thread is, IMO, akin to asking: who would you

rather have remove your tonsils, a knife expert or someone who's studied

medicine?  I'm sure the knife expert could get it done, but,...Yikes!


I'll say it bluntly: without understanding HTML, your value as a web

professional is extremely limited. It's an ABC skill, a sine qua non.  And

jeez folks, it's easy!  Dang, what a question....


The tools build upon your knowledge; they can't supplant it.


Okay, I'm done.


</rant>


Hal




>

> Personally I found HTML extremely easy to learn back in 1995. I don't quite

> see the reasoning behind having a WYSIWYG editor in the first place since

> HTML is so straight forward but to each his own.

> At any rate I think you should use what ever tool you feel most comfortable

> using. If you chose to use Dreamweaver It is my own personal opinion that

> you first learn the "ins and outs" of HTML and I think you will find

> Dreamweaver limiting.

> 


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