[Sigia-l] Programming IAs was: Little things an IA MUST know/do

[David Heller]

> Since we're making analogies with abandon, that'd be like trying to
pass as a good 
> cook just because you can read/write good restaurant reviews.

Actually, I think we are talking about a restauranteur who doesn't know
how to cook. Does that work? I think it does.

<< I agree with most of your points, except the above. I doubt you would
be able to '_think_ in programming terms' without having done some
scripting of various kinds that you cited. Sometimes you just have to
get your hands dirty. >>

Yes! I totally agree w/ this. But!!!! I think the initial question is
how much?
If I am designing a web site, what do I need to know? 
HTML - YES! (CSS included in that). I cannot imagine being good at my
job w/o being expert in HTML, CSS, and I would add graphics manipulation
(transparency, color depth).
JavaScript - Not expert but should know what it is and what it can do
for ya, this means understanding the DOM conceptually. I don't need to
know document.image.src but I do need to know that if that isn't exposed
in the DOM then the JavaScript can't get to it.
OO Programming - Probably not if you are doing web sites, but I know for
myself that when I move from HTML to GUI environments that I feel a bit
"lost" w/o having the same level of knowledge I have about the web that
I do about OO environments like Java, C#, C++ etc.

-- dave