Web design: the new print
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The idea is, if you're a designer AND a coder, then your designs may become restricted based on how much effort you're willing to put into the coding. Your mind will be less free to conceptualize and be creative with a design.
If you separate the duties, the code-ignorant designer can push the developer to try new things for the sake of a better design, which can be annoying for the developer, but the end result is usually better.
I'm not saying the designer should be totally ignorant about coding. They should have at least a basic understanding of how things work.
This would happen many times at work. I would design something, hand it off to the developer, he would complain that some aspect couldn't be done, I would say yes it can, and usually I was right. Some developers would rather avoid putting any effort into it. You have to nudge them a little bit.
- True, if you do know the code and a Developer says no it's not going to work, you can back yourself up and point out why it can.********
- True, if you do know the code and a Developer says no it's not going to work, you can back yourself up and point out why it can.