Hello, I agree with Philip Taylor, xhtml and css, raw by hand, is necessary, fundamental knowledge. How can it not be with what you are trying to accomplish, in other words, how can one write code without being able to read it? Norman
On 2010-08-13, at 10:35 AM, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: > > > Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > >> My colleagues suggested that perhaps front end people only use tools? >> I.e. nobody actually writes HTML by hand anymore? > > Speaking as a former webmaster, I would not consider employing > anyone who could not write HTML & CSS using Notepad (or the > platform equivalent). I may have used (and continue to use, > in my retirement), Macromedia Dreamweaver, and before that, > HoTMetaL PRO, but that is purely for convenience : there is > nothing that DW inserts that I could not insert for myself > using any text editor with which I had a passing familiarity. > > But in practice, you seem to be looking for two sets of > skills in a single individual : the ability to design > a good user interface (which is primarily ergonomics), > and the ability to write in HTML & CSS. There are > undoubtedly people who possess both skills, but they > are almost certainly fewer than those who possess one > or the other but not both. > > Philip Taylor > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ --- http://www.normanfournier.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
