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Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 11/09/07 16:36
Ed Jensen wrote:
> dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>> Now one more question. What would you imagine about the
>> appropriateness and quality of the tools if IE could be taken out
>> of the picture?
>
> I'm not really qualified to answer that question for several reasons.
>
> First, I'm not really very familiar with any of the tools on the
> market. The little HTML/CSS/JavaScript that I've written was created
> entirely by hand.
The way many of us develop. HTML/CSS/JavaScript are the tools.
>
> Second, I'm not a professional web developer, so I'm not necessarily
> familiar with best practices (i.e., the "right way" to do things).
>
> That's not to say I'm entirely unfamiliar with web development. My
> wife runs a small business, and I maintain a small web site for her.
>
> I tried doing things the Ivory Tower way (i.e., Separate content and
> layout!, Tables are for tabular data only!, etc.), but I found the
> experience time consuming and frustrating beyond any measure of good
> sense.
Maybe because you don't know your tools: HTML/CSS/JavaScript Knowledge
is power. Why would you expect to "build a house" when you knew nothing
about carpentry? And expect to be successful? Don't want to learn, then
do what people do when they what a house but don't want to invest in
learning carpentry, hire a carpenter.
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Take care,
Jonathan
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