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