You need to know…
Below is a course description, minus the requirements, offered at a local community college.
DPR310. Introduction to Dreamweaver MX 2004
If you want to be a Web Designer, you need to know Dreamweaver MX 2004.
In this highly interactive, project-oriented course, a Web pro will help
you harness the full potential of this industry-standard development
too! You will find out how to create, arrange and format text, images,
hyperlinks, tables, and various other media types. You’ll also
examine intelligent page design—with a emphasis on avoiding common
layout errors.
By the way, I typed it exactly how it was printed.
That description really grinds my gears.
“If you want to be a Web Designer, you need to know Dreamweaver
MX 2004.”, what the hell? Wrong. You do not have to know Dreamweaver
MX 2004 if you want to be a Web Designer. On my first job in the industry
I was hand coding pages in notepad for two weeks before they provided
me with Dreamweaver. Also since Dreamweaver 8 has been released, how
about at least bringing your students up to date. Oh sorry, your a institution
of higher learning and your concerned about saving them money, yeah right.
Tools!
Maybe I received the rough draft copy, because the description does
not mention:
It is sad to see that this is what is being offered, with the notion that if you learn this tool you are on your way to be a Web Designer. Now what if your Dreamweaver crashes and you can’t get it back up and running. Are you now longer a Web Designer for the day?
For starters, I suggest people visit W3 Schools and learn HTML, learn XHTML, learn CSS.
Teach a man how to fish…
