I'm trying to figure out what the benefit to having a WYSIWYG HTML editor over hard coding, outside of, say, accessibility.  It seems like a waste of time to learn how to use something like Dreamweaver over Notepad++.  Am I missing something here?  Every time I've ever used one, I end up going back into the code to fix the problems the visual editor made.
What is the benefit of a visual editor over straight programming?
html;text editor;wysiwyg
This is a changing space, every tool has its place in a professional's toolbox, it takes a true professional to know when each tool is appropriate to use.That said, not all tools are made the same, Dreamweaver was cutting edge a decade ago, there are better tools today. Tools like Flux and even Coda are invaluable for rapidly developing high quality code and debugging tedious things like cross browser CSS things. Not to mention the time they save with auto-completetion of the CSS and HTML tags and attributes.If you aren't using a tool that does syntax highlighting and autocompletion for Javascript you are wasting time as well.Anyone still arguing that they are more effient with a plain text editor isn't any better than a mechanic that only has a single adjustable wrench and says they don't have time to master the appropriate tools because they are too busy. They are too busy working in-efficiently and wasting time.