Do you need to code to be a designer
Do you need to code to be a designer
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Coding will obviously always be necessary but for designers technology is moving in the way of webflow and macaw and it will only get better. Sooner or later we'll be able to lay out our designs like we do in photoshop or sketch and have the software create the code (perfectly) for us as we go, without needed to give the code a second thought. We're not there yet but it's happening.
So I don't think it's as important, in the long run, for designers, as people often say it is.
- People pretty much do that with Muse now, laying out a site and not playing with code at all. It's not comprehensive, but it is pretty impressive.monospaced
- Yep I built a properly responsive page in webflow the other day, it worked really well. Definitely the way forward.set
- but does it create 'perfect code'? would love to see this but after two decades I can't see it happening ever.SlashPeckham
- I said it doesn't, yet. I can see happening, absolutely.... and soon.set
- No idea if it creates perfect code and not sure if it really matters in the end when the site functions exactly as expected.monospaced
- You can build some stuff with these tools but they will never cover everything, just like you can "design" a site in Squarespace but within limited parameters.yuekit
- Of course once the singularity arrives both dev and designer will be out of work :Pyuekit
- I've been sold on the design tool that eliminates code my whole career. Forgive me if I don't think it will fully happen.ETM
- The minute the tool catches up, standards and practices, langues, platforms and everything else in the coding world leap forward or pivot.ETM