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- ********0
Not knowing even the baseline of the technologies you're designing for is like an architect not understanding physics or the physical properties of the materials they're working with. They don't have to do the construction drawings or engineering or anything like that but they must be able understand that steel does things that concrete can't and so on.
It's the same for us — we don't have to hand-code every aspect of a site but it's imperative to know what's possible, what we're asking of developers, etc. Like what BattleAxe said above, it's a good idea to know the frameworks, logic, application design, etc.
This may be more important for big sites that small, of course.
- detritus0
I bodge, therefore I claim to be a web designer.
- ********0
I know nothing
- Bullitt0
xhtml/css and a bit of : vbscript, java, and actionscript.
I design the sites... and unfortunately I am forced to build them before their handed over to the scientists.
- ukit0
I like the comparison to architect.
Experience Design Architect, that's what I'm gonna start calling myself.
- It sounds like a job that would pay wellukit
- jim, Detroit, MI, 190k + benefits, easy,,mikotondria3
- ETM0
Experience Design Architect type seeks Computer Code Linguist for hot and heavy project action.
- sherm0
Its funny. I started as a fine artist utilizing many mediums except paint, it was too messy for me. Somewhere I started liking computer graphics and did that for a while, even dabbling in #D Modeling and animation. I hopped into Computer programming due to the dot com boom and decided to mix the two ending up with "web design" which i realized didn't mean shit until I knew how to do some back end stuff and connect to DBs. Now I work as a web developer and know more about development than I really care to share. Photography seems to be my only outlet at this point... which isn't the actual point. but web designers who don't know how to code pretty much are inept and I don't mean that as a diss. I'm just saying, a lot of back and forth gets eliminated when you can understand how ur design will be coded in the end.
- juhls0
The Cool Kids' Guide to Web Sites
^ first book that got me into HTML at the age of 12, and I started with Geocities
- Didn't the dorky kids get a guide too?ETM
- hello juhls!alicetheblue
- ninjasavant0
im a css ninja.
- scenek0
qBasic, ti-Basic
- utopian0
my code is tight®