Since I'm new to the world of professional web/HTML and ASP design, I'm curious of what others in the field use when building pages from nothing. I'm not one to use MS Word to design my page or form, and then just stick it on the net. My background in UI design is really in Win32, then MFC, WTL, and now some Winforms...
But, I'm finding it very difficult to design say, a table and remember how many total columns you have, so that all your TR's have the correct number of colspans, (if I'm using them, as you would in most cases..) and I don't leave anything open to incorrect design.
I'm just using VS2008 for all my design, but as far as HTML/ASP design, all it REALLY has to offer is IntelliSense, TAB completion, etc. Which, don't get me wrong, are a big help, but they don't complete things like table designs for you.
Am I just using the tools wrong? Is there already tools, and options in place in VS2008 to 'validate' and point out your mistakes, like missing colspanss, or colspans that don't match other rows is in the table? Am I looking in the wrong place for this?
Should I even be USING tables anymore? I know some people are all about DIV's, and I do use them, but when they seem necessary. For basic layout a table works just fine...
Instead of designing in 'text' mode, should I just let the IDE do all my layout, and then go back in source mode and tweak stuff that needs it?
If this is a duplicate, I do apologize. I didn't see any subjects that matched what I was asking in this question at the time I wrote this.