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I consider myself to be a highly competent web developer/designer hybrid. But is it getting to the point where even for experienced developers, it makes sense
by jack7890 17y ago
I consider myself to be a highly competent web developer/designer hybrid. But is it getting to the point where even for experienced developers, it makes sense to use something like Weebly? Especially for projects that don't require much customization?
- drusenko 17y agoYou don't have to do one or the other -- there is a huge middle ground. For the time being, a service like Weebly can't give you a great looking, completely custom design, and may never be able to (design is a very human process). However, why go through the process of inputting all of the content yourself? You include a few tags, bunch everything up in a .zip file, and hand the theme off to the client, who can upload it into Weebly and create the rest themselves. One bonus: never having to deal with clients that require constant wording changing or fixing spelling mistakes. Also, want to create a simple site for a hobby, to put your resume on, or to host an open-source project? Weebly is perfect for that, outputs nice, standards-compliant code, and you don't have to waste a lot of time hacking up a design by hand (even if you could). For the more involved site (your startup's site, for example), it will still make sense to start from scratch.
- dmix 17y agoExperienced developers should have enough code lying around to make simple projects quickly. From my experience typing code is much more efficient then using visual interfaces(Textmate <> Dreamweaver).