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		<title>Comic Update: Veritas Sciurus &#8211; Must Web Designers Code?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kyle Weems</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s comic features a gruesome shootout between Ethan Marcotte, Andy Budd, Ian Lloyd, Eric Meyer, Jeffrey Zeldman and the duo of Elliot Jay Stocks and the squirrel. Jeff Croft also makes an important appearance. Cast in the light of a rather enjoyable action film, the sequence mimics the spirit of a Twitter throwdown that Mr. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="Link to CSSquirrel #55: Veritas Sciurus - Must Web Designers Code?" href="/comic/?comic=55">Today&#8217;s comic</a> features a gruesome shootout between <a title="Link to Ethan Marcotte" href="http://unstoppablerobotninja.com" target="_blank">Ethan Marcotte</a>, <a title="Link to Andy Budd" href="http://andybudd.com/" target="_blank">Andy Budd</a>, <a title="Link to Ian Lloyd" href="http://lloydi.com/" target="_blank">Ian Lloyd</a>, <a title="Link to Eric Meyer" href="http://meyerweb.com/" target="_blank">Eric Meyer</a>, <a title="Link to Jeffrey Zeldman" href="http://zeldman.com/" target="_blank">Jeffrey Zeldman</a> and the duo of <a title="Link to Elliot Jay Stocks" href="http://elliotjaystocks.com/" target="_blank">Elliot Jay Stocks</a> and the squirrel. <a title="Link to Jeff Croft" href="http://jeffcroft.com/" target="_blank">Jeff Croft</a> also makes an important appearance. Cast in the light of a rather enjoyable <a title="Link to IMDb on The Boondock Saints" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/" target="_blank">action film</a>, the sequence mimics the spirit of a Twitter throwdown that Mr. Stocks ignited this February with one simple tweet: &#8220;<a title="Link to a tweet by Elliot Jay Stocks" href="http://twitter.com/elliotjaystocks/statuses/9227592793" target="_blank">Honestly, I&#8217;m shocked that in 2010 I&#8217;m still coming across &#8216;web designers&#8217; who can&#8217;t code their own designs. No excuse.</a>&#8221;</p>
<p>As you can imagine, this sort of statement created a charged atmosphere in the web designer tweet zone. <a title="Link to a tweet by @beep" href="http://twitter.com/beep/statuses/9244665206" target="_blank">People</a> <a title="Link to a tweet by @snookca" href="http://twitter.com/snookca/statuses/9244856588" target="_blank">had</a> <a title="Link to a tweet by @simplebits" href="http://twitter.com/simplebits/statuses/9244893269" target="_blank">opinions</a>, <a title="Link to a tweet by @meyerweb" href="http://twitter.com/meyerweb/statuses/9245739144" target="_blank">they</a> <a title="Link to a tweet by @lloydi" href="http://twitter.com/lloydi/statuses/9245599897" target="_blank">shared</a> <a title="Link to a tweet by @andybudd" href="http://twitter.com/andybudd/status/9228953354" target="_blank">them</a>. Those were just a few examples. In general, things got a bit tense. It&#8217;s rather reminiscent of the last time I saw this topic come up during October &#8216;09 (I&#8217;d joined in with a post about it which you can read <a title="Link to CSSquirrel Post: Designers and Code" href="/2009/10/14/designers-and-code/">here</a>).</p>
<p>Should web designers know how to code in order to be taken seriously?</p>
<p>Jeff Croft&#8217;s response to the reignited brawl is to the point (warning &#8211; profanity-laced): You can read it <a title="Link to a tweet by Jeff Croft" href="http://twitter.com/jcroft/statuses/9246215722" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s always a very fascinating argument when this topic comes up. I&#8217;d like to hear your thoughts on it: Should web designers know code? (Elliot later discussed the topic himself in more detail <a title="Link to a post by Elliot Jay Stocks" href="http://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/web-designers-who-cant-code/" target="_blank">here</a>. Take a gander.)</p>
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