On a side note, if you were developing asp.net with Dreamweaver, I'm sorry. Their implementation of asp.net is dreadful. I don't see how anyone can truly harness the power of ASP.net and VB.net without using Visual Studio 2005.
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I was using visual studio and that was the biggest POS I have ever used. I left that company after about 4 months because I was sick of the horrible framework and the development tools are crap compared to what I was used to.
Ruby on Rails is the best framework I have ever worked with. Going from .Net to Rails is like switching from Windows to OS X.
VS2k5 definitely has a learning curve. It does take a while to fully understand the true scope of what's capable of and how to harness it. After the learning curve, it really is a powerful system when treated nicely.
Furthermore, I think you need to be careful of your terminology. There is a distinct different between webdesigner and web developer, and I would hope that you wouldn't be making hiring decisions for a designer position based on the qualifications for another job.
Sorry, but a web designer does not only create mockups. They should also be able to write the front end markup (visual side) as well.
That of course depends on the business size and need. In a small business, where each employee where's multiple hats, this is indeed true. But, this is not the case when you have multiple members of multiple teams developing a site, as is the case with the majority of companies setting the standards in our industry. Completely subjective per need, of course, but do you want the person in charge of the creative to be the one doing the backend coding? You won't find many people properly trained in both arenas, but if you do, props to you.
hm. what's your definition of "soon"?
And it may be another 6 years before I actually develop it!
A lot.
Writing HTML:
http://macromates.com/screencast/insert_html_tags.mov
Numbers and Columns:
http://macromates.com/screencast/math_and_column_selections.mov
Blogging:
http://macromates.com/screencast/blogging_take_two.mov
Searching & Hyperlinking:
http://macromates.com/screencast/searching_and_hyperlinks.mov
Text transformations:
http://macromates.com/screencast/html_text_transformations.mov
There's also a really great textmate book from pragmatic programmers. It has tons of really great TM tips that get overlooked. I highly recommend it.
You mean aside from the money you'd save by spending $60 for TM rather than $125 for BBEdit?
BBEdit WAS the premier editor for the Mac. Don't get me wrong, it's still an excellent editor (and many people swear up and down by it...just ask John Gruber), but as of late, more and more people seem to be evangelizing for TextMate (and I'm inclined to echo them).
Since we are talking about XHTML
I am self learning hand coding website, its fun really rewarding. I was gonna make a post but this one seems similar to my situation so here are my questions if anyone has sites that can be awesome for reference. Basically I like to read two different sources on one subject to get different definitions when I am stuck and I want examples.
Declaration code like strict, trans and frame is it basically telling the browser how to read the code?
When you get complex e.g. <body><p><i></i></p></body>, I wonder is there like golden rule as to figure out what order certain codes are like, <em> and <strong> can be outside or inside of <p></p>?
<pre> renders exactly as they appear, what makes this different if I didn't include it in my coding?
Image Maps, does anyone have a site that can help me on this especially X,Y coordinates stuff. Book goes by really quick about it and I am lost about it.
Thank You
I am self learning hand coding website, its fun really rewarding. I was gonna make a post but this one seems similar to my situation so here are my questions if anyone has sites that can be awesome for reference. Basically I like to read two different sources on one subject to get different definitions when I am stuck and I want examples.
Declaration code like strict, trans and frame is it basically telling the browser how to read the code?
When you get complex e.g. <body><p><i></i></p></body>, I wonder is there like golden rule as to figure out what order certain codes are like, <em> and <strong> can be outside or inside of <p></p>?
<pre> renders exactly as they appear, what makes this different if I didn't include it in my coding?
Image Maps, does anyone have a site that can help me on this especially X,Y coordinates stuff. Book goes by really quick about it and I am lost about it.
Thank You