[thelist] Designer vs. Coder

[Cauley, Megan L]

hmmm..

this is something i wonder about myself.
i like doing both to a degree, although i am mainly a designer.

to be good at either you need knowledge of the other.

the designer should understand the limitations and posibilites of the code.
and the coder should understand the design.

before the web, i studied printing.
you couldn't design a print item unless you understand bleeding, margins,
the press, ect..
it is the same with the web.

my 2 cents :)
megan


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeana [mailto:kumquat at sckans.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 2:53 PM
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: [thelist] Designer vs. Coder



With all of this talk about using wysiwyg's and coding by hand..  I
propose the question I've been struggling with...  Can someone be very
good at both?  Designers I think will tend to drift towards dreamweaver..
it's faster, its easier, and they can see the designs.. pretty.. *poof*
there it is.  Coders are interested in back-end...  how it loads, how it's
handled on different systems/browsers/etc, getting the most done in
least amount of lines of correct code... 

If we seperate content and design, are we also seperating the jobs?

*shrug*

just pondering,
jeana



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