Do you code (websites) by hand or use a program?

[labrynth_of_fire]

What do you use?
myself, I code everything in notepad, save is as an HTML document (or whatever it is) and upload it.

[ranjan]

I didn't know that you could code by hand.

I thought the smallest program required to code pages was NOTEPAD!!!

[christoefar]

I use lots of different programs to code my website,

Frontpage
Dreamweaver
Contribute
Notepad
Flash


I also use programs like Photoshop.

[labrynth_of_fire]

I didn't know that you could code by hand.

I thought the smallest program required to code pages was NOTEPAD!!!
using notepad is what i meant by coding by hand.

[redcircle]

80% of the time I use PICO. Allows me to work from anywhere. I usually use fireworks to design and slice up the image and then hand edit the generated file from there.

[Narasinha]

Yes, this topic has been beaten to death on these forums. It's almost like a "Mac vs. Windows", "IE vs. Netscape", or "Wheat vs. White" argument. People on either side of the issue think their way is the best, and wouldn't think of doing it the other way. Yes, there are a few people here who use both methods, generating templates with a WYSIWYG type of program, customizing the result "by hand". I actually have done HTML by hand before, but I still end up having to type it into a text editor when I'm done.

Personally, I use a text-editor to create my HTML, CSS and Perl. I use UltraEdit because it has features that I like, including color syntax highlighting, global search and replace, multiple files open (just a few hundred sometimes), replace in files (which aren't open), regular-expression search and replace, etc.

Basically, each of us uses whichever method is more comfortable for us. Since it's impossible to be truly objective about the issue, no one can really back up the claim of "This way is better because...". It's a personal choice.

Narasinha

[AlexBel]

Usually I use UltraEdit (http://www.ultraedit.com/) for Perl, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

[ranjan]

1. Any coding needs an editor. Beginning with free Notepad and its clones to the expensive Frontpage/Golive/Dreamweaver. There is nothing called as HAND coding.

2. An editor is only as good as (or as bad as) the coder. An editor can only help you make your job easier.

Given the two statements above, you can choose your editor based on your buget and the amount of automation required.

The Myth of the WYSIWYG

If you understand the web, you will know that a piece of code may be rendered differently by different browsers. Hence you can never have a WYSIWYG web editor per say. You always have to have a test bed comprising of a battery of browsers and simulators to check how your design would look on screen or any other media.

Hence this discussion of so-called-hand-coding v/s WYSIWYG coding is baseless. If you know your stuff the editor doesn't matter.