Comments on: Should Designers Know How To Code? Thoughts From A Developer http://www.amberweinberg.com/should-designers-know-how-to-code-thoughts-from-a-developer/ Design, Development and Freelance Articles and Tutorials Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:01:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TheALhttp://www.amberweinberg.com/should-designers-know-how-to-code-thoughts-from-a-developer/#comment-1460 TheAL Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:01:39 +0000 http://www.amberweinberg.com/?p=1850#comment-1460 If a person is a "designer" and s/he cannot code, well, that makes sense. That's why they're a designer and not a coder/programmer/developer. If a person is a “designer” and s/he cannot code, well, that makes sense. That’s why they’re a designer and not a coder/programmer/developer.

]]> By: James Marriotthttp://www.amberweinberg.com/should-designers-know-how-to-code-thoughts-from-a-developer/#comment-1400 James Marriott Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:33:14 +0000 http://www.amberweinberg.com/?p=1850#comment-1400 If someone is going to call themselves a "web designer" then the simple answer has to be 'yes' otherwise they're simply "Graphic Designers". But perhaps we would be asking too much of a web designer to know HTML and CSS to anywhere near the required standards we would prefer them to have (which themselves would be considered basic). I personally would be happy if the designer had at least a moderate grasp of browser capabilities (read: 'fonts') and, as you pointed out, image layout, by maybe pre-slicing the designs. That alone would highlight any potentially difficult areas. As for the code itself then the ability to create a wire-frame design (of course, table-less) should suffice. Couple ability to slice images with wire-frame creation and we'd be a massive step to the ultimate goal.As always, a great article Amber. If someone is going to call themselves a “web designer” then the simple answer has to be ‘yes’ otherwise they’re simply “Graphic Designers”.
But perhaps we would be asking too much of a web designer to know HTML and CSS to anywhere near the required standards we would prefer them to have (which themselves would be considered basic). I personally would be happy if the designer had at least a moderate grasp of browser capabilities (read: ‘fonts’) and, as you pointed out, image layout, by maybe pre-slicing the designs. That alone would highlight any potentially difficult areas.
As for the code itself then the ability to create a wire-frame design (of course, table-less) should suffice. Couple ability to slice images with wire-frame creation and we’d be a massive step to the ultimate goal.

As always, a great article Amber.

]]> By: Sarfaraz ahmedhttp://www.amberweinberg.com/should-designers-know-how-to-code-thoughts-from-a-developer/#comment-1380 Sarfaraz ahmed Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:11:36 +0000 http://www.amberweinberg.com/?p=1850#comment-1380 Code..? Never!!! Dreamweaver is as far as Ill go with coding. Before CSS we designers had to use DW to code our designs. A pain. I know HTML as well as a bit of CSS. But why should I waste time learning and trying to do something technical when I can spend that time being creative. I want my work done right. I design because that is what I have been doing for the last 10 years and I feel I am pretty capable at it and I need a capable coder to handle my designs. I want to design with no barriers and not worry if I can code it or not. I rather let my imagination go wild and let Amber worry about the rest ;). Nice post! Needed that. Code..? Never!!! Dreamweaver is as far as Ill go with coding. Before CSS we designers had to use DW to code our designs. A pain. I know HTML as well as a bit of CSS. But why should I waste time learning and trying to do something technical when I can spend that time being creative. I want my work done right. I design because that is what I have been doing for the last 10 years and I feel I am pretty capable at it and I need a capable coder to handle my designs. I want to design with no barriers and not worry if I can code it or not. I rather let my imagination go wild and let Amber worry about the rest ;) . Nice post! Needed that.

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