WEB DEVELOPMENT: BUCKLE DOWN
Acquiring skills resemble sculpting a statue masterpiece of one’s life. Put one’s shoulder to the wheel and let’s hit the road of web development.
Learning new things is quite fun but how do you, go sow the seeds to learn something that has many sources and, which one do you pick?
With various technology options what will be the one that fits you and what are the prerequisites to learn a particular technology? Don’t worry, we are going to help you through all of that in our series of blogs that will cover many aspects of web development, but first, let’s check out why we should learn web development.
Why Learn Web Development?
Roles in Web Development:
Web Developers are of three types: front-end, back-end, and full-stack developers. Front-end developers are in charge of the aesthetics of the website whereas back-end developers take care of the servers and databases. There is a popular analogy that back-end developers are the ones that build a house and the front-end developers are responsible for the interior of the house. Now we have full stack developers, these developers are those who are skilled in both back-end and front-end, “full-stack” started to come around in 2013.
Languages:
Currently, we finished with the roles in web development. I will go through a few languages that you have to learn. I will also mention some significant topics in them so that you can cover them quickly and move ahead.
Firstly, every person who wants to be a web developer does is HTML. HTML is a language that is used in every website. When you learn it be sure to cover these:
● Tags
● Attributes
● Images
● Links
● Inline and block elements
● Forms and Tables
With HTML getting out of our way let’s get pave the way to CSS. Here and now you can go ahead to shape your website, to look very decorative and fancy with immense colors. Tidy up the HTML, you can make your site look visually appealing.
CSS these topics are pretty important.
● Selectors (ID, Class, Descendant)
● Box model
CSS is huge but you don’t have to learn all of it. But when you get the hang of it, while making your own website you will learn many exciting things along the path. (Trust me, time teaches how to be a pro and ace the things you do). You can learn bootstrap after learning CSS, bootstrap is a CSS framework that will make your life trouble-free.
What if our website is alluring, charming but lacks in dynamic, especially they are not very interactive to the user. We have JavaScript to the rescue, we can use it to make the website interactive. Some important topics that you should cover in Javascript are
● Data types
● Operators (especially === and !==)
● Variables (Const, Var, let)
● Conditional Statements
● Arrays
● Objects
● DOM manipulation
● Event Handling
jQuery is a JavaScript library that you can learn after grasping JavaScript. Using JavaScript will be quicker and easier with jQuery.
Backend:
The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page - by Saint Augustine.
As precedent stated that, the world is a book and if you have mastered everything stated previously, then take a movement to give yourself a pat on the back. Now, we can take a look at the back-end. There are many languages to go with but Node.JS is a great way to start your journey, if you are proficient with Python then you can try Django and Flask. PHP is also another language that has been in web development for a long time, if you have knowledge of SQL then you can try out PHP. If you want to choose Node.JS then MongoDB is a NoSQL database that you will be bound to learn. There is no rule that you have to learn only one pair, you can learn all you want and stick with what you love.
Popular Frameworks Now
There are three big contenders for the front-end frameworks.
● React.JS
● Angular.JS
● Vue.JS
React is an amazing framework that I recommend you shall learn, but after which you should dive into Redux. Angular is also a pleasurable framework, if you want to choose this, then you require to do RxJS or NgRx. For those who go with Vue, you have to do VueX. Pick one and start learning, get your hands dirty and make a few projects.
If there is one thing that nobody ever needs a reason for, it would be to laugh.
To model ur smile, I will provide remarkable suggestions or tips, which might come in handy. Along with your excursion, you will have to learn a few more stuff
● Git for version control
● Some basic commands in the terminal
● Data Structures and Algorithms
● APIs
● SSH
● Routes
It will be a journey that will teach you a lot and will not be a flower bed path but you will have fun by the time you are done with all of these. Technologies are constantly changing and you will have to learn these new technologies. There will always be something new that you can learn.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it – Henry David Thoreau.
This isn’t the end, I want you to keep looking for success with the help of our, series of blogs till Then ADIEU, FARWELL!!!!!!!
