On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Dave Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Of course, there are some who say that hand coding websites is too
> inefficient... but the way to make hand coding more efficient *isn't* to
> use Dreamweaver or [insert your favourite WYSIWYG HTML editor here].
Actually, as far as coding goes I think using the right editor makes a
big difference to the time it takes to push out code. I use
Dreamweaver, but I just use it because the various auto-complete
features mean I only type about 1/4 of the code produced.
Just as an example for a basic image replacement technique I can
simply type (each line-break represents hitting the enter key):
a { b
url(whatever.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; dis
b
; h
27px; ov
h
; text-i
-9999px; widt
100px; }
And Dreamweaver will output:
a { background: url(whatever.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat; display: block;
height: 27px; overflow: hidden; text-indent: -9999px; width: 100px; }
And that's just a CSS example, not to mention the time saved
developing HTML templates, JavaScript, PHP, etc. Choosing the right
text editor for what you do can save a HUGE amount of time.
--
Blake Haswell
http://www.blakehaswell.com/ | http://blakehaswell.wordpress.com/
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