Kathrine, I normally use an HTML-editor. Why are we required to hand-code HTML?
The short answer: I’m trying to empower you. The long answer: It’s the difference between working on your own car and bringing it to a mechanic. HTML editors are great for stuff you do outside of class, but for this class I require you to hand-code your HTML. Why? Because this gives you an intimate knowledge of how HTML works. That way, when something goes wrong, you’ll be able to fix it yourself. Even when working with an HTML editor, sometimes things go a bit screwy and things don’t appear correctly in your browser. Knowing the ins and outs of HTML, as you do when you hand-code, you will be able not only to scan to the place on the document where the problem occurred, but many times fix it yourself. A real-life example: I have a genealogy software program that I use to store information on more than 17000 individuals in my database. The program itself generates HTML pages for all those individuals, as well as index pages and surname pages. When I posted my site to the Web, however, I
