[thelist] GUI web builders

[Edward McCarroll]

I've used DreamWeaver and Visual studio, but I work in "Edit Markup"
mode instead of "GUI" mode.  (I agree with Patrick regarding the non-
elegance of GUI-generated code.)

But, in Edit Markup mode, I rely heavily on Visual Studio and ReSharper's
IntelliSense (auto-completion) to avoid coding errors.

Regards,

  Ed

"I would rather be inconsistent than wrong."  (Mohandas Gandhi)
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Edward McCarroll                          
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Ed at ComSimplicity.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-
> bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Horgan
> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 12:40 AM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: SPAM-HIGH: [thelist] GUI web builders
> 
> Someone posted on another thread about using dreamweaver.  I used it a
> bit a few years ago for a seminar, but in general I've never used gui
> builders.  While the results can be perfect, when I read the code (html
> and javascript) behind the page, it is distasteful and less than
> elegant.  I used wxpython to make a user interface awhile back and
> rapidly dropped it to write the code myself because the generated code
> wasn't elegant.
> 
> I'm perfectly willing to admit I'm a nut though;)
> 
> I'm the same way about C/C++ python, assembler--I don't use IDEs
> although I've learned a few through the years.  I'm a vi command line
> make sort of guy.
> 
> So I was just wondering.  How many of you gals/guys use GUIs to design
> your pages and how many don't?  If you don't, why not?  If you do, and
> you've been in the business for awhile, why do you?
> 
> I know that with me, I always want to understand exactly what's going
> on, and I want things to be done in the most simple, elegant, and
> beautiful way.  The thought of handing control over to a GUI while I
> just push GUI elements around makes no sense to me.  It feels like
> trying to move a chain by pushing on one end.
> 
> Patrick
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