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You can't just turn on a machine and "webdev". You need a TCP/IP stack, HTTP server and client. You'll need an editor & graphics tools. Sketch and Zeplin have
by itomato 9y ago
You can't just turn on a machine and "webdev".
You need a TCP/IP stack, HTTP server and client.
You'll need an editor & graphics tools. Sketch and Zeplin have a pretty steep learning curve. You'll probably want Webpack or Gulp.
That is, unless you're writing HTML 1.x, which gives you such exiting tags as <BLINK> and <P> and <HR>.
On the other hand, I can fire up a Commodore 64 or Atari 800 with built-in BASIC interpreter and do actual math. I can process input and interface with hardware at the lowest level. I can generate graphics (in multiple graphics modes). I could, in theory, write that same HTML 1.x code (in BASIC) with a set of routines to generate and save the very same.
Financial investment is lower, and I'd say the return on that investment comes 10X quicker than with a Mac running Sketch, Zeplin and YouTube tutorials.