While I've noticed some flukey things with Dreamweaver that hasn't been a big problem for me. Then again, when I use Dreamweaver I type my code in text view. I love the Intellsense.
Are macs as good as PCs for web design?
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While I've noticed some flukey things with Dreamweaver that hasn't been a big problem for me. Then again, when I use Dreamweaver I type my code in text view. I love the Intellsense.
I think that too... though I've been told using Notepad is wrong and unprofessional seeing as I work online.
I've tried to use more professional programs but either due to the program or my hatred for learning new software when I don't need to, I don't get exactly what I want. If I write it myself, I get what I want and if not, I know where to change it...
...the baffling thing being the people who tell me my methods are wrong don't know half the code off by heart that I do
Who on earth are these people?
How can using a piece of software to write code for you possibly be better than simply knowing how to write it yourself? And yea you are right, if I need to amend something, or fix a problem I can do that because I actually know what all the bits of my site do at a glance, because I wrote them.
Strange people you work with
Hotscripts is a brilliant resource. I learned how to program PHP by adapting scripts I found there, but there is absolutely no point constructing a big complicated script yourself when someone has already done it and is giving it away for free.
I tend to download something from there as a starting point, and then adapt it to do exactly what I want.
It tends to be people who have went on a course then suddenly know better than those who have been working in the field for years. One of them is a notorious idiot and if theres ever a thread on idiot designers, I could fill it with stories of just him.
I do the same with hotscripts... I learned a lot from playing with various things I've downloaded from there myself. Wonderful resource.
I do the same with hotscripts... I learned a lot from playing with various things I've downloaded from there myself. Wonderful resource.
While I've noticed some flukey things with Dreamweaver that hasn't been a big problem for me. Then again, when I use Dreamweaver I type my code in text view. I love the Intellsense.
I use Dreamweaver all the time but edit in code view. Web designers vary as much as their product
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/arcane
Somebody told me about twenty years ago that computers were going this way - a 'closed shop' we say in the UK.
It's not so bad, I suppose.
Somebody told me about twenty years ago that computers were going this way - a 'closed shop' we say in the UK.
It's not so bad, I suppose.
While I've noticed some flukey things with Dreamweaver that hasn't been a big problem for me. Then again, when I use Dreamweaver I type my code in text view. I love the Intellsense.
I used to use the code view but I decided that if I was using it as a jumped up text editor I may as well go the whole hog so I switched to TextMate.
I know what arcane means. I just don't understand your use of it in this context.
Then look back through this thread
It used to be, that, if you went on a computer course, you were told all that you needed to know and all that the tutor knew. Now, it's a secret society, and every scrap of knowledge you get has to be acheived by parting with some cash.
It's not as bad as it could be, though. It couldn't be totally secret, as computers are ubiquitous. You need to know quite a bit just to navigate round windows and go on the net.
It used to be, that, if you went on a computer course, you were told all that you needed to know and all that the tutor knew. Now, it's a secret society, and every scrap of knowledge you get has to be acheived by parting with some cash.
It's not as bad as it could be, though. It couldn't be totally secret, as computers are ubiquitous. You need to know quite a bit just to navigate round windows and go on the net.
Then look back through this thread
It used to be, that, if you went on a computer course, you were told all that you needed to know and all that the tutor knew. Now, it's a secret society, and every scrap of knowledge you get has to be acheived by parting with some cash.
It's not as bad as it could be, though. It couldn't be totally secret, as computers are ubiquitous. You need to know quite a bit just to navigate round windows and go on the net.
Web design/development isn't a secret but neither is it easy if done correctly. There's no magic button that will "build my site now". Just because you don't understand how to build sites doesn't mean it's arcane. It's just technical.
Then look back through this thread
It used to be, that, if you went on a computer course, you were told all that you needed to know and all that the tutor knew. Now, it's a secret society, and every scrap of knowledge you get has to be acheived by parting with some cash.
It's not as bad as it could be, though. It couldn't be totally secret, as computers are ubiquitous. You need to know quite a bit just to navigate round windows and go on the net.
Secret society? You gotta be kidding. There has never been so much knowledge available so easily than there is now. You can teach yourself virtually anything about computing if you have an Internet connection.
Having grown up with computers since the '80's, I can tell you that it used to be a lot worse. The concept of open source software had barely formed at that time. The only forums were Bulletin-Board Systems and Usenet, which most people did not have access to. Most programmers learned their craft by mentoring under other programmers. Whole subcultures sprang up out of this. Knowledge simply did not move around then like it does now.
Anyone who wants to make a web site, the tools are available now. To do it well, you have to be willing to invest time and effort, but it doesn't have to cost you a cent. And with the tools available today, it's far, far easier than it was in the mid-90's, when the Web was first coming to prominence. And I remember writing my first pages in Notepad back then! I still use Notepad (and Notepad++), but the wealth of information available today is incredible.
Wow... do you honestly believe that throwing money at something like this will help you learn web design?
You seem to want to start learning web design by building an advanced site. It is sort of like wanting to write a great spanish novel before learning spanish.
You don't need money, you need to take all the steps to learn this. Learning this stuff didn't cost me a nickel... but it did require an investment of time.
And none of this is a secret.
I feel exactly as above... if you want to learn, theres nothing better or more cash saving than a google search for tutorials. I've done the same to help others learn - everything you need is out there.
I think I've been on one IT related course in my lifetime and I had to take over most of the teaching as the guy leading the class had no clue (though to be fair, he hadn't worked on a computer since the 70's and he was forced to do it by the university). Everything I learned, I learned by doing on my own time. There's no educational background, just a guy who learned some stuff to help people out and then happened to have people force money upon me as they liked what I was doing.
Like everything it takes time and I'd be wary of anyone parting money to learn. I know two people who have. Both of them have came to me as what they learned was either useless or out of date. They could have saved time and money with a quick google search.
I think I've been on one IT related course in my lifetime and I had to take over most of the teaching as the guy leading the class had no clue (though to be fair, he hadn't worked on a computer since the 70's and he was forced to do it by the university). Everything I learned, I learned by doing on my own time. There's no educational background, just a guy who learned some stuff to help people out and then happened to have people force money upon me as they liked what I was doing.
Like everything it takes time and I'd be wary of anyone parting money to learn. I know two people who have. Both of them have came to me as what they learned was either useless or out of date. They could have saved time and money with a quick google search.
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