On 05/07/07, dwain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Seona Bellamy wrote: > My definition of designer vs developer is these days coloured by the > company I'm working for. The designers are the people who come up with > the ideas and the layouts and the graphics. The developers are the > people who write code, be that (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ColdFusion, > PHP, etc. although i would like to think of myself as a developer, i guess i'm really a designer. i write (x)html and css, but have little or no experience with php, mysql or javascript. so i write mostly static pages, but the clientèle i write for don't need much in a dynamic web site; however, that should not prevent me from learning php, javascript and mysql. so i guess you could say i'm a front-end developer due to certain lacking skills to make me a full fledged developer.
That's probably a fair enough assessment, although I don't think you should compare being a front-end developer to being a "fully-fledged" developer as if the former were necessarily a bad thing. As you say, if your clients don't demand much beyond static pages, then that is what you are going to build. On the other hand, I do agree that it shouldn't prevent you from learning the other side of things, if for no other reason than that you'll be prepared if a client comes along who DOES want more than a static site. And, of course, you'd also have the option to try upselling some of your existing clients. ;) Cheers, Seona. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
