Do You Need To Learn Html To Use Dreamweaver?

Do You Need To Learn Html To Use Dreamweaver?

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For most people, HTML at first glance is quite intimidating-your first reaction may be to avoid it at all costs. In order to do design work in Photoshop, QuarkXPress, or PageMaker, it isn't necessary to look at raw PostScript code anymore. However, the early pioneers of desktop publishing had to know how to program in PostScript just to create a page layout! Because we are actually still in the infancy of the Web and HTML development, most early Web developers have been programmers, not artists, because it was necessary to write the raw code to create a Web page.

HTML has come a long way since its inception, and many of its features have become standardized while others have not. In the past, if you didn't know some HTML, you were at the mercy of a programmer who might have more control over your design than you liked. Today, with Dreamweaver, you actually can get by without understanding or writing a single line of code.

Attractive though it might be, I actually recommend that you do understand HTML at its simplest, so that you aren't afraid of it. No one likes to work in fear, and I find that most people who don't take the time to learn a little HTML are at a disadvantage in the workplace. When you don't understand HMTL, it's sort of like having a secret that you hope no one will discover, or feeling like a fake and worrying that you will be found out. No one likes that feeling!

How do you learn HTML?

The best way is to view the source code of pages that you like. Virtually all the HTML jocks I've met have taught themselves in this way. One of the best things about HTML is that "learning by doing" is possible. If you were to try to learn other computer languages this way, you most likely could not, because the code would be compiled and hidden from your view. In HTML, the code is visible to everyone and is parsed on-the-fly by the Web browser itself.

To view their source code, look under your browser's Edit menu and choose View Page Source (Firefox) or View > View Source (Internet Explorer). This will show you the raw HTML, and once you get comfortable with some of the tags you will likely be able to deconstruct how these pages were made.

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