Web Design/Development Methods?

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Basically, I'm fairly new* to the web design/development business, and I have some questions for the experienced developers here.

What I mainly want to know is what methods the developers here use in building their websites. How much is done via by-hand coding? How much is done with Dreamweaver, Wordpress, etc.?

Also, how much time does the average website take you to build, and what do you charge? Set rates or per-hour rates?

Thanks in advance to anyone who replies.


*I've studied it for about 6 months now and have done a few low-budget sites.
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  • I always use WordPress and a Child Theme based on one of several themes I have picked from the WordPress.org hosted free themes.
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    • 100% by hand, via either Notepad++ (for simple jobs), or Netbeans (for more involved jobs). But I've built up lots of reusable templates and code snippets over the years, which saves a TON of time in the overall development process.

      As per how much time an "average" website takes to build... there is no "average". Anywhere from a day (for a simple "squeeze-page" type site), to several weeks for a more involved site that requires lots of custom back-end coding. Just depends on the job.

      I rarely take on any freelance work any more, but back when I did, I never charged by the hour. Always quoted a flat price on the entire project.

      There's lots of great libraries, tools, etc. out there today that make coding by hand far more pleasant than it used to be, so take advantage of them. HTML5 Bolierplate, jQuery, Bootstrap, Modernizr, Firebug, XAMPP... just to name a few.
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    Web Design/Development Methods?

    Basically, I'm fairly new* to the web design/development business, and I have some questions for the experienced developers here. What I mainly want to know is what methods the developers here use in building their websites. How much is done via by-hand coding? How much is done with Dreamweaver, Wordpress, etc.?