[thelist] WYSIWYG Vs Hand-Coding

on 03/23/2000 8:22 AM, Jen Worden at jen@meadoworks.com wrote:

> At what point do all you 'Volters bite the bullet and say, "The deadline is
> the thing!"? Or maybe it's, "Damn the deadline, Clean Code rules!"

It depends on how transitory the information is.

The Word HTML cleaner in DW3 is pretty good, and I've used it for stuff. I
also run it through Tidy and a validator just to make sure.

I did the zoning ordinance for a city all by hand (120 pp. printed) because
I know it will be there and looked at by a lot off people.  I've done other
stuff that was for a very limited audience using the Save as HTML option and
ruthless filtering.

I guess it depends on how important it is, who's going to see it, how much
time I have and the nature of the document.  The right combination will make
me look for shortcuts.

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bob davis
bobd@members.evolt.org