The Significance of HTML Coding

Sure, programs like Expression Web are more practical then HTML coding; however they can often detract as much as they contribute to the web making processes. Expression Web inhibits creativity. This is because artists who are composing web sites are limited to a few very basic functions offered in web designing programs but those artists who are experienced in HTML have virtually endless bounds when it comes to web design. HTML breeds creativity, it allows artists to be free, liberal, and novel with their ideas making works that deserve a greater appreciation in the world of web design.

I also feel that HTML is one of those essential stepping stones. You do not just dive into differential equations in math; instead you learn the basics, like essential algebra skills, before progressing upwards. HTML draws parallels to this because it forces the web designer to truly understand both what they are doing, how it works, why it is important, and why other simplistic programs are a true luxury. I think a better analogy is comparing HTML to learning how to drive. You don’t just give someone a licenses and expect them to appreciate nor respect the car. Instead you make them earn it through driver’s education and through passing a driving test so that they appreciate the privilege and responsibility. It is the concept of knowing and appreciating how something works before using it.

Just overall competency of HTML is important. Knowing it, allows you to decipher code for design details that you might find attractive when searching the web. So by knowing HML you can reuse those design details in your own works making web design more universal. It gives the artist complete and unadulterated control to do as they will. One particular advantage of hand coding is being able to hand code when a web design program is not working, instead of being stuck you are able to use hand coding to get the work done as necessary. Overall, HTML is a useful application that everyone should acquire or at least dabble with prior to learning the less arduous web design applications such as Expression.