HTML is absolutely code. Or what do you think is telling the Web Browser what to do? No, it does't compile to machine language or intermediary byte code, but don't penalize it because its readable by humans. True, it lacks many things that javascript, vbscript and whatnot fill in the gaps.
But I find making an HTML page look and behave as I want just as daunting as making an application built in C++ look and behave as I want.
You should check out the discussion going on at ReadWriteWeb. Ebrahim Ezzy's post is interesting, as are the comments. There's also more followup from industry as they bring Web 2.0 products to market. SharpCast, TeamDirection and x-port.
Hopefully with such interesting ideas, Web 2.0 won't implode like Web 1.0 did.
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HTML is absolutely code. Or what do you think is telling the Web Browser what to do? No, it does't compile to machine language or intermediary byte code, but don't penalize it because its readable by humans. True, it lacks many things that javascript, vbscript and whatnot fill in the gaps. But I find making an HTML page look and behave as I want just as daunting as making an application built in C++ look and behave as I want.
You should check out the discussion going on at ReadWriteWeb. Ebrahim Ezzy's post is interesting, as are the comments. There's also more followup from industry as they bring Web 2.0 products to market. SharpCast, TeamDirection and x-port. Hopefully with such interesting ideas, Web 2.0 won't implode like Web 1.0 did.