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WYSIWYG or not? (HTML)

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12-13-2010, 12:53 AM
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You never go full WYSIWYG.

It's like driving an automatic versus a stick when you're a pro racer. You're driving, but you aren't exactly in full control. When a problem arises where you need to get behind the wheel in a stick and you aren't prepared, you're going to be wishing that you learned it beforehand.

There's nothing exactly wrong with rocking a WYSIWYG; it's just that you come off as a complete amateur for using it. Why? Because my grandfather uses a WYSIWYG editor. He's not a web developer, and doesn't exactly know what he's doing when he's editing websites. You're a web developer, and you should know what you're doing. Forget being lazy, if you want this to be your thing then you need to eat, sleep, and binge-drink web design. And yes, that means coding, not dragging and dropping.

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Hand, but I use AceHTML for syntax highlighting, tabs, and spell checking :P

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12-16-2010, 05:03 AM
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You're so right, Jake! Even when I'm forced against my will to do a site in RVSiteBuilder for a customer who wants to be able to edit it himself, I use the source mode more than the design mode!

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I'm not going to lie, I use Dreamweaver but i use the developer/coder layout and not the design layout. I find it easier to code in the code view then be able to validate and use so many tools that dreamweaver has to offer. But when i dont ave dreamweaver it's notepad ++ so i go with code by hand.

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12-18-2010, 02:17 PM
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I use Crimson Editor, a small free "notepad like" program. It's been years since I've used a WYSIWYG editor.

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I like to use split view in Dreamweaver, so I have access to the code and design view at the same time

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If you learn to hand code your HTML/CSS you will quickly lose your appreciation for all WYSIWYG editing.

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Notepad++ is really the only program I need (besides photoshop when it comes to graphics).

I used to use frontpage when I started with html. I thing is I never really understood what I did back then.

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Originally Posted by Impetuous View Post
Notepad++ is really the only program I need (besides photoshop when it comes to graphics).

I used to use frontpage when I started with html. I thing is I never really understood what I did back then.
Word. Allthough I have to disagree with some of you guys stating that you shouldn't use a WYSIWYG if you're a "pro". I would probably use Dreamweawer or so if I could afford it, just because it saves me some time when I've forgotten the name of an element or so. I don't know if Dreamweaver offers code snippets, but if it does then that's another reason for "pros" to use it.

Also, I've heard Espresso (for Mac) is a great program.

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Espresso isn't WYSIWYG....

And right click - inspect element is better than relying on a WYSIWYG editor (where you see no code) in that "forgotten ID" case, IMO.

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