Learning Web Development
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You said: "Basically you need to know a bit about HTTP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and a back-end language such as C#, Java, or PHP." That's a lot to learn and master.
I said you need to know a BIT about them, not MASTER them ;) You don't need to master anything (although it's a pro). With just basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript knowledge you can build pretty awesome websites, all those libraries make sure of that. Some basic skills allow you to use Bootstrap, jQuery (UI), and that will do a lot for you already :) And let's be honest, how many of us are true masters of HTML and CSS? That's for designers, not programmers! ;)
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Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
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Sascha Lefèvre wrote:
your message here is the best in that regard that I've come across so far!
Thanks! :D I actually wrote that down in a few minutes from the top of my head. Funny as I was in the OP's shoes just over a year ago :) I've written something like it in my blogs, especially the first[^] and eighth[^] on web dev. The first mentions this exact problem, where to start? And that you'll need HTTP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and a back-end language. The eighth explores some additional libraries and frameworks :)
Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
Thank you, I'll take a look at it! :)
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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I was thinking about a prior Lounge posting about learning web development. I know next to nothing about web development, except moderate experience with WEB API development using MVC, WCF, and some SignalR. It sees to me that to be truly proficient in Web Development using a Microsoft stack, one would have to learn and remain proficient in: ASP.Net MVC JavaScript Angular.js HTML5 CSS and there's a boatload of things to learn hat are just words to me: Backbone.js, Ember.js, jQuery, Coffeescript, Handlebar, react.js, node.js, express, wordpress, Drupal, Magento and god knows what else. Am I making this more difficult than it is, or is it really this much work? Thanks
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