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Posted by Ed Jensen on 11/09/07 17:23
Jonathan N. Little <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote:
>> 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).
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>> 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.
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> 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?
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I didn't need a house, Jonathan.
I needed something considerably less than a house. And I built it.
Quite successfully.
There was simply no need to spend years learning how to build a house
when I needed something considerably less than a house. I used
simpler tools for a smaller job.
It was the kind of pragmatic choice I don't expect Ivory Tower types
to understand. I'm sorry if you find it distasteful that I used
tables for layout.
> 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.
What I'm willing to learn is directly proportional to the benefit I'm
expecting to derive from it.
Perhaps you're mistaking me for someone that desires to become a
professional web developer?
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