Why do web designers still use html when there's WYSIWYG programs they can use?

Question

I'm just nosey I guess, but I was wondering, if there are WYSIWYG programs that make things so easy to design webpages and such, why do people still learn html? Is it essential if you want to be a professional web designer I wonder?

Answer 1

I agree there are much improved version of HTML editors are available in the market now a days and days to come for helping to create a web pages. And there is nothing wrong to use it for ceating a web pages.

But the problem is u will only able to make a static web pages.

If u want to make it interactive viz. dynamic u have to encode the mixing of scripting code and HTML. At that time if u know the HTML it will be helpful to u.

In short, when u r programming the dynamic webpages at that time along with JavaScript, VBscript, PHP, ASP you have to use HTML tags. And this will possible only when u have thorough knowledge related to HTML.



Hope, U understand what i mean to explain.



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Answer 2

What with php, Ajax and javascript, a WYSIWYG editor is more of a pain than a help. I've pretty much settled on a very customized version of Edit Plus for just about all my web editing needs. (Although I'll still use Notepad for a quick change, and QEdit [which is probably older than most people reading this] if I need macro or columnar capability.) I have DW (have had it for years), but I really can't see using it any more. Maybe it comes from years of programming on the bare metal, but I still prefer writing my own content and code. Then I know exactly what's in there, and I'm not limited to what the site builder allows me to do.

Answer 3

Because every WYSIWYG program I've tried keeps inserting spurious characters into my code. The extra junk clogs up the code, makes maintenance harder and generally makes it more difficult to figure out what's going on.



The other thing they fail to do is teach how the system is really working. When you write your own code, you get a much deeper understanding of what can and can not be done. That may not matter much for a casual personal webpage but it's vital if you want to call yourself a professional.

Answer 4

If you want to be a professional web designer, you will have to know HTML.



I do all my coding for websites in PHP and then design them - all through a text editor, no WYSIWYG. It gives you much more control over everything, and is much more "professional", and makes me focus more on the functionality rather than the design.

Answer 5

Because there are always bugs, more so in wysiwyg. If you know your html code correctly you will know the rules, that is why not everyone can do it.



I use a web program, but no drop and place program they have limitations in customization.

Answer 6

It is just like any program on a computer - they are being made increasingly simple so that anyone can use them without having to be an expert. However, for a professional job, the experts still like to remain in control of what they are doing and the way of remaining in control is to use html in this regard.

Answer 7

Yes it is essential you know at least HTML and CSS. The WYSIWYG editors are getting better but there's still things they cannot do properly.

Answer 8

i usually do the overall design in photoshop, but i still code in html (using notepad or textedit). if you know html and css and javascript, you have more control over the settings and design and you can create categories (classes) that are more easily tweaked later on and help make the page load faster, in terms of removing duplicate information eg you set all the font colours to a table in one go instead of setting each word to have that colour.