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What are you using on your desktop to begin with? I could do it with an external keyboard, but with the iPad by itself? No way, unless I used something like TextExpander to make shortcuts to make typing it all easier.

 

Textastic is a good code editor, but how will you deal with images and other assets?

 

As a professional web developer I wouldn't want to create an entire site using my iPad. There are a few very good apps with syntax highlighting and ftp support which is great for making changes to existing sites.

As someone has already stated assets such as images could be a problem. While its doable its would be very time consuming to create even a simple image of a select size containing text.

Another option is a hosting company who provide a web based site builder. These are quite limited but would be enough to build a basic site using Safari (as long as its not Flash based).

 

Panics' Diet Coda, the little brother of Coda 2 FTW.

 

I am a web developer as well. I once thought you could use the iPad for productivity but that idea has gone the way of the Dodo.

I used Textastic for editing and an SSH app (can't remember the name) to interface my laptop at home. Then I realized, why not just the the laptop? I guess if you are in a quick bind and need to get something out quickly this could be a lifesaver. But definitely not for everyday work.

Personally I think Microsoft has insulted tablets with their Surface as their biggest selling point is that you can use a tablet as a productivity tool. This is an abomination.

There is beauty in using different tools for different tasks. A monolithic one size fits all solution is always a bad idea IMHO.

 

One for hard coding - one wysiwyg

I, too, am a web developer. Like some other responders, I have also used textastic and like it very much for hard coding. If you want a very simple, basic site with little to no coding, html egg would be a good one.

I have made several very basic sites with html egg and have modified and worked with others using textastic. I believe most things that can be accomplished on a Mac or PC are doable on an iPad but, that being said, there are some limitations.

If you have a good photo editing app, it's quite possible to add photos to a site and do the bulk of the work on your iPad, you just need to know the ins and outs of your iPad.

That's my 2 cents worth for what it's worth.

Good luck.

"Grandma" Griffith
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Not sure about GoDaddy but the Amazon Cloud offers a nice package for static web sites. Heroku is another viable option if you are looking to build a web app (dynamic, data-driven web application). Either way you go I would recommend learning HTML/CSS/JavaScript and getting intimate with it. Most web "tools" try to abstract it away and leave you with buggy/crappy HTML/CSS/JavaScript files that don't play well on the web. Hand crafting your own files will leave you with something that works in all browsers if you have the rigor to implement web standards.

I also don't recommend using a template. Using your own creativity is always going to give you a better product. Your customers most likely want to see YOU not some generic, bloated and ugly template.

 

Ditto. Haven't used Diet Coda, but Coda 2 is a great app.