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Do Web developers have to know HTML?
August 8, 2008TechRepublic's Tony Patton says he can't accept a so-called Web developer who doesn't fully understand the technology used to create his applications.
I was helping another Web developer track down a display problem on a recent project. I pulled up the HTML source for the page, and he was amazed that I knew how to work with the source code.
It made me wonder: How much does a Web developer need to know about HTML? I came to the realization that I cannot accept a so-called Web developer who doesn't fully understand the technology used to create his applications.
Behind the scenes
I show my age when I say that I was around in the beginning coding pages by hand, using a vi editor on the UNIX server hosting the site. I built many sites with standard HTML and Perl. These sites were very functional, but the sites don't match what is possible today.
The latest version of HTML (4.01) has been with us since 1999. While there have been advances with CSS, JavaScript, and many more related standards, HTML is at the core of the Web experience....
Source: ZDNet Asia
