Imagine if you could bang out a designer-level UI in a few hours? You'd be free to develop some amazing APIs with powerhouse databases and Angularize to your hearts content. Although adding this could quite possibly be a needless layer of abstraction, if they're willing to ease the UI design experience for me, I'll let them. I don't like drawing pictures, fiddling with box placement or anticipating user experience. My fingers are crossed that by "Export to HTML", they mean "export an HTML doc with all the and info that you need to deploy it yourself." If this is the case, then yes you can use this as apart of your coding tool belt and, I'd argue, you should. I know, helpful, right? Muse has an export to HTML feature, which I haven't gotten far enough to try yet, but I'm hoping its promising. After stumbling upon Muse and playing around with it for a while, I asked myself the same question as Mario, can I use this to whip up a good looking UI/UX and then add my own code?
Like the op, I like to code and was a little agitated at the thought that it can be quite easy nowadays to throw together a boilerplate website in a few minutes and have it look very well done. Sorry to bump this ancient thread, I like this question. The skills you're acquiring could lead you to working on enterprise-level web projects that pay well.
He's limited by the type of client he can handle. It's highly technical, not easy always easy to grasp and takes time to learn.Ĭonsider it an economy of scale. One day, I'd like to build an app with another app, someone has to start the cycle with code.The content offered on TreeHouse is the future.
An analogy to consider: In a world where fast food is everywhere, professional chefs have even more value than ever. This is NOT the future of web design, but rather another subset. If your friend had a browser-specific issue, how could he resolve it? If you friend's client asked for the page display data pulled in from a database, how would he do it? If someone calls themselves a web designer/developer and Muse is their main tool, they'll soon be put out of business self-service sites like Squarespace.
Not just to deliverer and end product, but to consult by suggesting best practices, offering customized solutions, and using market knowledge to solve problems.Īlthough software like Muse seem to speed up the process, you lose control for the sake of convenience. A developer/designer's relationship with a client is about service. A skilled developer isn't competing against this software. If your client is successful, their needs tend to exceed the features provided by these products. People trade the ability to customize for price or convenience. Adobe Muse Classroom in a Book Adobe Creative Team Those creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe. There will always be room for WISIWYG editors, along with self-service sites.