[cesarsalazar12]

Exactly! HTML is way different from a programming language. HTML is a language that describes structure, not logic. The web is all about structuring information in a way people can make sense out of it. Any web designer that is not able to use a language to provide structure, is not at the to of their profession.

[leon_]

So writing something in word is programming too?

[talmand]

Depends on how you look at it. Writing HTML is more like using Word in a formatting mode where you can see the code that's normally behind the scenes. The method you are referring to is similar to using a WYSIWYG editor. Plus it depends on how you define what "code" means.

[schrijver]

Coming at this as a designer who learned to code in both senses of the word, I have to disagree with the sentiment that HTML/CSS is easy.

Sure, the principle is rather straightforward, but writing CSS is tedious and error-prone and the HTML/CSS is combination is modeled on single column text based layouts… it’s shocking to find out there’s no built in support for columns and no way to vertically align an element, for example.

I spent a month doing CSS until I had learned to implement the kind of grid I could knock together in 5 minutes in InDesign… very unsatisfying… Whereas later I spent a month learning Python and felt like I made much more progress, deepening my understanding of the digital medium, improving my “procedural literacy” and shaping my views about possible interactions.

So programming logic is actually more easy and fun for me—though that doesn’t take away from the fact that you need CSS knowledge to make a design work…

[talmand]

As a designer who develops as well, I agree wholeheartedly.

Although I would say that HTML and basic CSS is easy. Getting creative with complex layouts using CSS can get challenging.