title: visual studio 2008 / asp.net web forms - is hand coding ~80% of the time too much?
body: <p>I still find myself hand coding Visual Studio projects more than using the variety of UI-driven menus and dialogs.  For example:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>web projects: hand code html/css in Source View vs dealing with the Design View / Properties Window</li>
  <li>flushing out class files: code by hand using stuff like the prop-TAB-TAB Create Property keyboard shortcut and good ole Ctrl+[X|C|V] instead of the Class Diagram feature</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Do I need to give the dialogs and menus another shot, or is this the current state of IDEs?  Intellisense is the best thing since sliced bread IMO.</p>
  
  <p>Steve</p>