(Newbie.) Web (HTML) page editing in Kubuntu

[WANSTALL Malcolm]

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> Now, CSS is important to learn and understand, and so is Javascript
(preferably using 
> something like Prototype, which avoids having to program to multiple
browsers).
> But from there, you want to try to stick to frameworks that require
you to generate the 
> least possible HTML.
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Depends what the OP is trying to do. Web frameworks aren't the holy
grail of the web, they're perfect for web applications (or Intranets or
the like) but if you're making a 5-10 page static website (or even a
dynamic one with only a tiny bit of dynamic content) using a framework
adds so much unnecessary bloat not to mention learning curve.

My day job is spent jumping from one framework to the other and they're
life savers for complicated projects but when I was freelancing and a
client wanted a "business card" style web site, it's raw html editing
all the way.

xHTML is a Markup Language, not a programming language, and it doesn't
pretend to be...it just gets my goat when people discredit it simply
because it's not as powerful as programming-language-x...well _duh_, it
isn't meant to be (that's not aimed at you derek, just venting in
general!).

I'd suggest the OP grab some Open Source xHTML/CSS templates and fiddle
around in Bluefish until they get the look they're after. If they're
after a complex web app, _definitely_ turn to a web framework in the
language of your choice (Django is great and easy to get into if you can
find a Python host).

> I'm sure it _could_, but this is where we part - I really don't think
it should be 
> necessary to _ever_ know what the black boxes do.  It's always been a
fine unix principle 
> that you can push stuff into one end of a pipe and get different stuff
out of the other 
> end, and you shouldn't need to know what the process in the middle
does, as long as you 
> understand the inputs and outputs, and I treat HTML that way :-)

That I agree with! I love black boxes (or as my boss calls it SMB
"Secret Mens Business")

-Mal