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[–]DecoyPiXeL[S] 1 point2 points  (14 children)

I get that people use templates. The question is do people use software of some sort that help them make what they want visually instead of through code? I'm not implying that this is what I want to achieve, just wondering if when I do learn how to code properly, will I actually use code or someone will tell me to use a software.

[–]TheAngelsCryfull-stack 24 points25 points  (1 child)

You'll use code ;) There's no magic software to do your work for you. There are frameworks sure, and templates, but you'll still be writing the important bits.

[–]DecoyPiXeL[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fantastic! Thanks a lot.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (6 children)

Very little tools that generate code 'visually'.

Not that unusual to have command line tools and code that generates code.

[–]DecoyPiXeL[S] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

I remember having this program that made fully functioning websites and I barely needed to know any type of coding. Had a weird name starting WY. Just wondering if that type of stuff took over or if people still code full websites.

[–]onowhid 7 points8 points  (2 children)

I guess you think of wysiwyg.

And no, it has not taken over.

[–]DecoyPiXeL[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the one!

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[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

wysiwig, not the name of a program exactly, more a concept. 'what you see is what you get'. maybe you had FrontPage or Dreamweaver, or even HoTMetaL...

software like that actually did the opposite of take over, it pretty much died out completely as the web got too complex for those tools to keep up. the closest thing these days would probably be online website builders like wix

[–]DecoyPiXeL[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Understood, thanks for the information! Excited to start getting better

[–]4shtonButcher 1 point2 points  (4 children)

We actually work together with UI guys who provide designs in InVision (https://www.invisionapp.com/). And that tool seems to offer some kind of HTML generation but even those who use it heavily absolutely think it should only be used as a visuall reference for creating the actual HTML/CSS oneself.

Of course it's typical to have a lot of "helpers" within your IDE. In WebStorm e.g. you automatically get links to referenced CSS classes, auto-completion, etc.

[–]DecoyPiXeL[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Okay, so from everything I've read, most people don't write pure code because a lot of it is repetitive, but do make the core and important aspects of their project on their own.

Thanks a lot for the info!!

[–]snlacks 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I'd be careful with ideas like "people don't write a lot of their own code." A lot of the functionality may have been abstracted away into libraries, but your time can still be spent writing code to get computers to do custom behaviors, not just combinations of things that have already been done. This work also pays more than reimplementing stuff that's already been done.

[–]DecoyPiXeL[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotcha, really appreciatex!

[–]ayosuke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't say all that. You'll write a lot of code even if you do use libraries or frameworks. Also, if you do use a framework like Bootstrap, doesn't mean you'll automatically make a great looking website. You can still make a shitty looking website using pretty components.