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> Why should I spend 30 coding something away that is doable in a few seconds with a couple of mouse clicks? Because maintainability is more important than ins

by flukus 9y ago

> Why should I spend 30 coding something away that is doable in a few seconds with a couple of mouse clicks? Because maintainability is more important than instant gratification. If you can do both then great, but IME visual designers are a maintenance headache.

pjmlp 9y ago
I have exactly the opposite experience regarding visual designers versus code. Changing a couple of properties in layout files is more maintainable than hundreds of code lines just to change a visual effect.
- dahauns 9y ago
  >Changing [..] hundreds of code lines just to change a visual effect. If you need to do that, your codebase has a serious problem.
  - pjmlp 9y ago
    Basic example, WPF storyboard animation defined in Microsoft Blend versus coding the full animation by hand in C#.