Web Developer Skills — The Ultimate Guide for Beginners
So, you wanna learn Web Development, but struggle on where and how to start? I can help you with that.
Here you will learn what basic knowledge you have to learn to become a Web developer. And if you already poses some Web development knowledge, you will learn what is needed to become an excellent web developer.
Every journey starts with the first step, therefore it is essential to start in the right direction and build solid foundations from the beginning.
We are going to start with the web developer basics and minimal knowledge so that you can call yourself a Web developer.
Web developer skills list you will learn
HTML
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard markup language for creating websites, and HTML documents are formed by elements that are represented with tags. To be honest, I don’t know how many HTML tags there are, but for starters, you should take a look at the top 10 HTML tags.
CSS
As we said before CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) is a must in Web development. We use it to add style to our website, including the layout and design. We also use it to properly display our website on different devices and screen sizes.
On the one hand, we talk about elements in HTML, but on the other hand, we talk about how these elements should be displayed in CSS. The central part of CSS is its properties. It is hard to say how many properties exist because the list is continuously updated.
JavaScript
JS (JavaScript) is a high-level computer language. There are other high-level languages that can be used in web development, like PHP or Python, but when we talk about the World Wide Web, alongside HTML and CSS, there is always JavaScript.
Tools
When learning the basics, this is not that important. But once you cover the basics, the tool that you use is essential. Below is a list of the most popular IDE (Integrated development environment) tools (source: Stack Overflow survey).
To be honest, I haven’t tested all of them, but only a couple. As you can see at the top of the list you can find Visual Studio Code, and justifiably so. In the last couple of years, it is the tool that has made the most progress and is the most frequently updated. The number of extensions is growing and so is its community.
Debugging
Debugging is a process where you find bugs, errors or any kind of abnormalities in your code, then you fix it or change it. On average a software developer spends not less than 33 % percent of his time debugging.
GIT (Code Versioning)
Code versioning or version control enables you to track and control, but also revise any changes to your programming code. Imagine that you make a few smaller changes to your code and then the whole web site stops working. It is more than obvious that the changes you made had errors, the quickest solution is to track back to the last time or version of your code that worked.
Basic graphic design
I don’t know where you are coming from, but knowing graphic design is a huge plus. Furthermore, if you are not familiar with graphic design, you should get acquainted with some of the tools graphic designers use.
This is important because somewhere along the way to becoming a web developer you will be handed a design that you will have to bring to life on the web. To make it easier for you, find below a list of graphics tools. If you learn the basics of at least three tools, listed below, it should be enough.
Back end and Databases
Since you will work with JS it is also important to learn how to create a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) file that is used for browser-server communications, and if someday an application, for example, a mobile app, needs the same data you have in your database, you will have to learn how to create an API (Application programming interface).
Working with Hosting (Publishing web site)
You have just created an interactive stylish web site, using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, but what now?? If you don’t own a server and want your website to be stable and accessible, this is the point where you have to open your wallet and buy some space to host your page, where you also store your images and data. :D
Libraries and frameworks
When programming you will learn that at some point parts of the code can be used in almost completely different projects. For example, in JavaScript, you have a number of commonly used functions.
So why write them from scratch each time? This is where we use libraries. In JavaScript libraries contain finished functions that an application can use to perform a task and, furthermore, make programming easier. In CSS we can use libraries that already have commonly used classes.
So, let’s dig in more in depth …
As a matter of fact we have been looking into this topic for quite some time. Here at CodeBrainer, our mantra is teaching beginners how to code. And as an online education provider we often get question on “How do I get a job in coding?”. this list is the first thing we point out to coders who want to become web developers. This Web Developer Skills list is an essential checkpoint. I advise you to take a look at our whole article to learn even more…
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