> On 6/6/06, Michael Crute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree with Daniel, if you learn on a GUI its far too easy to make > > bad websites. Start with VI and a good book, and do yourself a favor > > learning CSS and XHTML since that is where web design is headed. > > It is probably a good idea to start with a good text editor and a > book, but trying to learn vi and web design at the same time might be > a bit overwhelming! > > -- Evan > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list [Timothy A. Holmes]
In this sense I am afraid I cannot agree with you. While I agree that it is ABSOLUTLY essential to learn XHTML and CSS code, trying to start from a blank vi or notepad screen is an exercise in frustration -- been there done that -- as I was beginning to learn web programming, working under incredible pressure from the then resident administration, I was trying to hand code everything in Visual InterDev. The crowning moment was 5 hours spent to produce 2 lines of NON-WORKING code. I far more recommend a authoring package like Dreamweaver that allows you to flip views or even split the views, so you can see what is happening to your code each time you make an insertion. I tend to do the "pretty" stuff in the gui and use the code editor (which has autocomplete and some other nice stuff) to do the code. In some cases (like constructing querys etc) DW makes it very easy to accomplish and provides CONSISTANT and WORKING code, which is something that beginning web builders have a hard time with. Even if you are set on doing hand code, do it with a coding editor such as Dreamweaver - the color coding, line numbers etc make it much easier to debug I would at ALL COSTS -- stay away from Front Page -- the code that it produces is HORRIBLE. Tim Timothy A. Holmes IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher Medina Christian Academy A Higher Standard... Jeremiah 33:3 Jeremiah 29:11 Esther 4:14 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
