[thelist] Dreamweaver versus Frontpage versus Notepad

[Ken Schaefer]

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: From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-
: bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Christian Heilmann
: Subject: Re: [thelist] Dreamweaver versus Frontpage versus Notepad
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: If your job aspirations are to make 10 page web 
: sites or microsites that last a month for the rest 
: of your career, then yes, WYSIWYG is enough. If you 
: want to be a web developer that can be used in bigger
: projects (and get the higher rates / income) then 
: please join us in the year 2005 and realise that 
: web design is not "painting with HTML" but creating 
: properly separated web documents (structure,
: presentation,behaviour) that can be easily maintained 
: and restyled.
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This was all making so much sense up until...

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: Later in the process some .NET developer will mess 
: up your templates with the design view of Visual Studio, 
: no need to already start with tagsoup.
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Any decent web development firm doesn't use Visual Studio.NET's design
surface to build HTML (well, not for production anyway). The design surface
is useful for other things (WinForms apps, or for giving you a visual
interface to components) and I think firms that use it to create HTML are the
same type as those you put down for using WSYIWYG editors.

In any case, surely if you build a decent sized project you would have a base
class that inherits from Page as your template? Or be looking to use Master
Pages (for v2 development)? So Visual Studio.NET wouldn't touch your template
then? :-)

Cheers
Ken

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