Roadmap for Web Developers 2022
Web development can be tricky at times because it deals with so many languages. One can be easily confused or even led astray looking for how to start web development or the languages, to begin with.
If you are a beginner in web development or you want to transition into Web development 2022, these are the few languages you should consider learning.
- HTML
The full meaning of HTML is Hyper Text Markup language. HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages. HTML describes the structure of a Web page. It consists of a series of elements. HTML elements tell the browser how to display the content.
2. CSS
CSS is short for Cascading Style Sheet. Cascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written in a markup language such as HTML. In simple terms, CSS is used to add styling to a website. CSS is a cornerstone technology of the World Wide Web, alongside HTML and JavaScript.
3. CSS Frameworks:
A CSS framework is a library allowing for easier, more standards-compliant web design using the Cascading Style Sheets language. Most of these frameworks contain at least a grid. CSS frameworks make it simple to create websites compatible with multiple browsers and browser versions. This reduces the likelihood of bugs popping up during cross browser testing. Since these frameworks have ready-to-use stylesheets in place, using them allows faster and more convenient web development.
Examples are
- Foundation.
- Bootstrap
- Bulma.
- UIkit.
- Semantic UI.
- Susy.
- Materialize.
- Pure.
3. JavaScript
JavaScript is a text-based programming language used both on the client-side and server-side that allows you to make web pages interactive. Where HTML and CSS are languages that give structure and style to web pages, JavaScript gives web pages interactive elements that engage a user.
5. Git and Git Hub:
Git is a local VCS software that enables developers to save snapshots of their projects over time. It’s generally best for individual use. GitHub is a web-based platform that incorporates git’s version control features so they can be used collaboratively.
6. React/Angular/Vue
React is a UI library, Angular is a fully-fledged front-end framework, while Vue. js is a progressive framework. They can be used almost interchangeably to build front-end applications, but they’re not 100 percent the same, so it makes sense to compare them and understand their differences.
7. Node.js
Node. js is primarily used for non-blocking, event-driven servers, due to its single-threaded nature. It’s used for traditional web sites and back-end API services, but was designed with real-time, push-based architectures in mind.
8. Database (mongoDB)
MongoDB is an open source NoSQL database management program. NoSQL is used as an alternative to traditional relational databases. NoSQL databases are quite useful for working with large sets of distributed data. MongoDB is a tool that can manage document-oriented information, store or retrieve information.
Web3.js/ ether.js
Web3. js allows us to make requests to an individual Ethereum node with JSON RPC in order to read and write data to the network. It’s kind of like using jQuery with a JSON API to read and write data with a web server. While web3. js provides a single instantiated web3 object with methods for interacting with the blockchain, ethers. js separates the API into two separate roles. The provider , which is an anonymous connection to the ethereum network, and the signer , which can access the private key and sign the transactions.
9. Solidity
Solidity is an object-oriented, high-level language for implementing smart contracts. Smart contracts are programs which govern the behaviour of accounts within the Ethereum state. Solidity is a curly-bracket language designed to target the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). It is influenced by C++, Python and JavaScript.
Practice makes perfect
As a developer, do not forget to practice every step of the way. Work on projects to boost your learning. It might seem hard at first, but you got this!
And always contribute to open source projects too. Learn to collaborate with other developers and work on real-life projects.
