HTML yourself or Dreamweaver?

[Xtr3me]

What do you think is best?
Coding it yourself? Or using a program to generate the programs for you?

[Tuntis]

I do HTML and CSS by myself in Dreamweaver to get preview and make complicated things (such as tables) with Dreamweaver.

[Xtr3me]

Same as me. I do links etc in dreamweaver

[Radagast]

HTML all the way for me.... I've been vrought up with it, and its what I prefer... easier all round...

[Xtr3me]

I wouldnt say its easier...Thats the whole point of dreamweaver. Just click and place pics, and type your text etc.
But you get more experience from coding yourself, and it helps you in jobs when your older, as you can be working on computers that dont have access to dreamweaver, and most won't because it is pretty damn expensive.

[Gandalf]

I like to use foundations that are open source and written in PHP. It has some more programming features as HTML. By using open source you get a working base. If you want to make this your job then get something that is worling and disect it. Learn to read the code, understand what it is doing. Then you can create some additions.
But never try to invent the wheel. Just make it roll better.

I do not like dreamweaver, as is needs flash plugins to run. This can kill your site for search engines if you want to develop something that can attract a lot of visitors.
When you make a site do not only look for the coolest gadgets and graphics. Also check how big the load time will be.
Look at a lot of sites and think of why you stay or leave. Use this to create your own.

[Tuntis]

My opinion is that it's worth learning to write HTML by hand, doesn't take too long.

[Xtr3me]

I will be learning it properly. Might come up in an HTML exam or summin.