Comments on: How to keep your coding skills from getting rusty

By: Ian Blackford Design Conscious .com

Ian Blackford Design Conscious .com — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:05:51 +0000

I started using a CMS with the view of handing it over to a client to update their own site, he managed to delete the CSS file and the whole site came down around his ears.

I know use Wordpress for a lot of what I do - but I still hand code using Lasso, CSS and a tiny bit of PHP. It’s so easy to let it pass you by though.

I find it hard to filter what to let pass me by though - I just can’t take it all in.

By: Glenn Grundberg

Glenn Grundberg — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:47:20 +0000

Great quiz, and I wholeheartedly agree…

We should all take a bit of time to hone our hand coding skills! Even with the great editors (I use coffee cup) it is critical that we as designers understand what the editor is doing, and that only comes with education and practice!

Cheers,

Gman

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:44:13 +0000

Between 35 - 45 is probably what I would have legitimately gotten but, as I said, I started over. I had already named quite a few by the time I realized I had lost a bit of time just looking at things.
Glad to know about the other coders you guys are using. I will give them all a look.

By: Jan from thrusites design

Jan from thrusites design — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:07:35 +0000

Actually, notepad is something what i haven’t seen for years since I am on linux . I use Kate which is perfect because every linux text editor hightlights the HTML code nicely.

BTW, I named 35 elements . It’s difficult to remember elements’ names if man uses div and p tags primarily.

By: Chris LaBarbera

Chris LaBarbera — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:42:24 +0000

75 elements is impressive

I use Edit Plus for hand coding, it even has a java compiler. It is a low-budget beefed up version of notepad.

I am hooked on Joomla now, it is way faster than creating div tags by hand.

By: John Lampard

John Lampard — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:40:56 +0000

Up until this year I’d never used a CMS (I use Wordpress now) because I was worried I might lose my coding skills and knowledge. While my main blog is now a WP blog, I have a smaller website which I intend to keep on static files so I don’t lose touch with handcoding.

By: Suzanne of New Affiliate Discoveries

Suzanne of New Affiliate Discoveries — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:46:14 +0000

Ryan, I like to use Crimsen Editor for my coding…it’s all by hand, but with context highlighted for you. I discovered it about 4 years ago, and maybe there are better ones out now, but it works great.

I like to get my hands dirty too, but with so many languages, it’s hard to keep up!

Thanks for stopping by.