Re: How to move forward

[Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck Ackerman wrote:
> ...
> Next, get a tool to develop web pages.  Don't do them by hand at first.
> Any basic tool will work such as Dreamweaver, FrontPage, etc.  If you're
> like me you learn by doing.  Once you create a web page or two in one of
> these tools it's easy to learn HTML by seeing what they create.  I think
> graphically so I like graphical tools and not text tools.  
>
> Working directly in HTML is almost as bad as working in assembly
> language.  I do it once in a while and it's good to know how to do it,
> but most good tools can keep you away from 90% of the HTML coding.
> ...

First, based on my experience, coding HTML directly is not all that 
difficult. Second, although I suppose the HTML generation tools have 
improved, many generate some pretty horrible HTML code.

Two key points about understanding HTML: 1) It is NOT a WYSIWYG 
format, contrary to what many tools might lead you to believe. 2) 
Ideally, HTML is the markup language used to describe the 
/structure/ of a document. CSS is the language used to describe the 
/appearance/ of some document when rendered by some formatting tool 
(like a web browser).

Cheers! Hans