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Is hand-editing lots of HTML a common issue for web devs? I'd think more work is done elsewhere.
by reikonomusha 10y ago
Is hand-editing lots of HTML a common issue for web devs? I'd think more work is done elsewhere.
- oneeyedpigeon 10y agoI don't think so. Certainly from time to time, but not on a daily basis; in my experience, it's writers/editors that need a decent HTML editing tool.
- zschuessler 10y agoI've never encountered this problem to the effect I needed a build step for HTML. I wonder if frontenders who work only with HTML/CSS find it helpful? Whereas they don't have the concept of breaking up code into templates or partials with a server-side language. No disprespect to the author, what you've done is cool and your presentation is awesome. My biggest concerns are: 1. Onboarding & rampup time that's now added to my team just to write HTML. 2. Turning away potential hires who don't want to work with an over-engineered tech stack. Much opinion can be formed just by adding to your job requirements "we use a transpiled HTML processor" 3. Technical debt & tech lock-in. Will this technology be a detriment in 5 years? Do we get enough from it right now that it's worth future legacy costs?
- baby 10y agoIt is, things like Slim are really helpful. Over the years editors are doing a better job at showing you if you made a mistake, but it is still somehow cumbersome to write big HTML files. Things like bootstrap really tend to complexify because you also stylize with divs