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In the beginning....there was NO web authoring tool. No WYSIWYG editors. Nothing but code and a person had no choice but to learn code first. Then along came editors of one type or another. Finally, I got hoodwinked into using Dreamweaver as a result of a project I was working on with a very large team. We all had to use the same tool and the tool was Dreamweaver and it was good.
At that point, I realized that DW was great to get things done fast if you're working on your own especially but there are times when nothing but a text editor will do. There is definitely room for both and DW seems to recognize that need by offering "code view" as one of the choices.
Anyone just starting out needs to know something about what makes an HTML document tick. What IS HTML after all. How does it work? Every designer or coder needs to know these things. At least a bit of them to get going. Then do the WYSIWYG thing. But just because you do that does not give you absolution or the ability to abstain from knowing what is going on behind the scenes. Every good designer needs to know the nuts and bolts of HTML. Can't get away without it and survive.
Maybe I need to write a book. *sigh* I could go on for such a long time but I'll spare you all this time around.
sign me....the old lady, as old as dirt and only two days younger than water
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