Comments on: The editor issue http://www.flexewebs.com/semantix/the-editor-issue/ Guidelines for developing quality user interfaces Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:18:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Scott Sampson http://www.flexewebs.com/semantix/the-editor-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-6398 Scott Sampson Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:10:01 +0000 http://www.flexewebs.com/semantix/?p=13#comment-6398 I've been creating web pages for numerous years now, and everything is self taught. I started coding by hand using notepad (talk about hard work!), before moving on to editors with advanced features like syntax highlighting, auto indentation etc. IMO, programs like Dreamweaver, FrontPage etc, only harm the web, as they create unsightly, bloated code (even if you configure them carefully). Hand coding is the only way to go, and is actually faster than using one of the aforementioned programs, due to the fact that you don't have to spend hours "cleaning up" the dodgy code! I’ve been creating web pages for numerous years now, and everything is self taught. I started coding by hand using notepad (talk about hard work!), before moving on to editors with advanced features like syntax highlighting, auto indentation etc.

IMO, programs like Dreamweaver, FrontPage etc, only harm the web, as they create unsightly, bloated code (even if you configure them carefully).

Hand coding is the only way to go, and is actually faster than using one of the aforementioned programs, due to the fact that you don’t have to spend hours “cleaning up” the dodgy code!

]]> By: Jason Grant http://www.flexewebs.com/semantix/the-editor-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-1703 Jason Grant Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:22:49 +0000 http://www.flexewebs.com/semantix/?p=13#comment-1703 @Jules If you are using Dreamweaver in code view only and not in design view, you might as well use a free editor that gives you all those facilities (colour coding, FTP integration, snippets, validation, etc.) and is not as processor heavy as Dreamweaver. Thanks for your reply. I am currently using NetBeans IDE as my main editor. Nice, light and does everything I need it to do. Comes highly recommended. Also has a 'Find' option across many files, which is the main functionality I ever liked in Dreamweaver. NetBeans IDE is free as freedom also. @Jules If you are using Dreamweaver in code view only and not in design view, you might as well use a free editor that gives you all those facilities (colour coding, FTP integration, snippets, validation, etc.) and is not as processor heavy as Dreamweaver. Thanks for your reply. I am currently using NetBeans IDE as my main editor. Nice, light and does everything I need it to do. Comes highly recommended. Also has a ‘Find’ option across many files, which is the main functionality I ever liked in Dreamweaver. NetBeans IDE is free as freedom also.

]]> By: Jules http://www.flexewebs.com/semantix/the-editor-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-1702 Jules Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:07:54 +0000 http://www.flexewebs.com/semantix/?p=13#comment-1702 Actually, I find Dreamweaver quite useful. I first used Dreamweaver 2, and had issues similar to what you describe. However, I liked the way it integrated code editing with FTP capabilities, it has a command for formatting code and one for cleaning up code that are both quite handy, and the way it color codes the code is very helpful to me. I am not sure those things off-set the price, but it sure beats anything MicroSoft has done (FrontPage or VisualStudio) If you use such editors in design mode instead of looking at the code, you are doomed to sloppy code. Even in code view, MicroSoft products re-write my code on save, and that is intolerable to me. With Dreamweaver, however, the trick is to set your preferences and to be selective with the features you use. For instance, I turned off all settings that would allow it to change anything I have typed in and I never let it write JavaScript. Actually, I find Dreamweaver quite useful. I first used Dreamweaver 2, and had issues similar to what you describe. However, I liked the way it integrated code editing with FTP capabilities, it has a command for formatting code and one for cleaning up code that are both quite handy, and the way it color codes the code is very helpful to me. I am not sure those things off-set the price, but it sure beats anything MicroSoft has done (FrontPage or VisualStudio)

If you use such editors in design mode instead of looking at the code, you are doomed to sloppy code. Even in code view, MicroSoft products re-write my code on save, and that is intolerable to me. With Dreamweaver, however, the trick is to set your preferences and to be selective with the features you use. For instance, I turned off all settings that would allow it to change anything I have typed in and I never let it write JavaScript.

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