One small step for man...
Saturday, February 09, 2008
One giant leap for web design.Well, I've done it. I've really done it. I have switched over to hand coding my websites. I plan to hand code all my future design jobs.
Why?
Dreamweaver on Mac is still very slow, even though it is now Intel-compatible. It also lacks a native interface, which is somewhat detrimental. I decided to go cold-turkey and create a tiny little test site (http://dmdzine.net/codatest) entirely with Panic's Coda, one of the nicest pieces of software I have found yet. While it is still missing a few key features (automatic link management and templates/library items), I am willing to put up with that because of the nice interface and quick workflow. I may end up using CSSEdit (which I got in the MacHeist bundle) for my stylesheets, but overall I really like Coda.
The switch from visual to code has not been as difficult as I imagined so far, though only time and a large multi-tiered website will tell.
Labels: coding, computer, development, mac, software
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I like the design of your blog/website. Very light and refreshing.
Good luck w/ the hand coding! I haven't done too much experimentation with different alternatives to Dreamweaver. I pretty much do everything through the code view, but the CSS menu does help keep things orderly. Pretty much any website that runs off of a DB, which is most websites now-a-days, needs to be coded by hand. I'm guilty of messing with the template of a live website. I hate installing a server instance on my laptop.
Cheers!