How to become a web developer?

[michaelocana]

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good luck sa inyong tanan mga bros...

[francistan]

pag try ug wordpress bai, sayun ra nya daghan tutorials

mao ako site using wordpress Movie Reviews

[zichel]

Wordpress imo gamit ani? kaw nag himo ani nga website....

[din428]

Din428,
I inquired there na wasnt too happy with how process is done, especially waiting until u get 5 or more students to start a class (honestly staff mentioned calling me back when classes start, its been week after week wa ko ka kadawat ug call na mo start na mo). I even went there pero i was told wa pay final schedule kay kuwang pa ang enrollees. And especially realizing how hard u can start a Flash , Java or SqL class (words of staff member, "wa man gud kaayo mo enroll ani, basic web design nalan ka enroll") , I dont need basic web design but thought sige ill try it out, its been more than 3 weeks no call.

Anyway still looking for a good school or training center if there are any out there ....

pxnxa, lately we had trouble with our marketing staff, pm me nlng ur name and contact number pra ma update tka... sorry jud....

ang wla njud kaayo mg enroll is ang sa flash. that's true but sa java naa rmn,

[francistan]

yes, ako nag buhat ana.... made from scratch....gi custom pod nako ang template niya...

visit Movie Reviews

[zichel]

unsa diay nang "scratch".

[flashfreak]

if you say "made from scratch"... everything is made from a blank document. for instance a sculpture sculpts a lump of clay and mold it into a piece of art.

for francistan's case, what he meant from scratch was that he made the template from scratch and not the entire website. it's obviously running on wordpress and that's something you don't consider as "scratch". it's an open source software, or better yet an open source cms. the rest of the features you see in a conventional wordpress or "blog" site are called plug-ins that doesn't make any resemblance of being considered as scratch either. furthermore if you want to learn how to make scratch works, you first need to have both solid background in dynamic logic and good analytical skill... which happens to be a rare commodity.

[ChaosOrb]

OT:
zichel: Please check your Profile page, I dropped a message there. I can't PM you, your INBOX is already full.

[zichel]

wow! flashfreak...thanks for that knowledge.

[Rhee]

True to anything, when learning, you have to start from the basic. For Web Devlopment, the very basic principle you need to learn is html and design. Try to create static webpage as a start applying basic html, css and etc.

When you are satisfied, go to the next level, try inserting programs like sending mail via forms or storing data in either text file or database. You can choose any language you want, perl, php and etc.

When you learn the basic of programming, try to integrate a simple footer, header template to your website. This is a very basic and useful tool to transforming your static webpage to dynamic.

It is always a step. The important keypoints, in my opinion are as follows:

1. As mentioned earlier, designing is different from developing.
2. Consider whether you go into designing or programming. If you choose designing then focus on css, layout, image manipulation and etc.
3. If you choose programming, which is an essential in developing. Pick a language of your choice and master it. Its better to be skillfull at one than becoming a jack of all trades and master of none.
4. Read books, always learn from the expert.
5. You cant avoid trial and error. Its one way of learning. (edited as suggested by flashfreak)
6. When you have a good understanding of the basics, try to pick a learning pattern. In my case I use the follow the leader scheme. I try to search the web for websites and service websites that I like and try to mimic it. It doesnt really matter if you can duplicate 100% but as much as possible be like it.
7. Another scheme is dissect, learn and innovate scheme. In this method, try to study an existing program like cms. Joomla, wordpress and etc. Try to reinvent it and redevelop it to your liking. This way you''ll learn program patterns, logic design and etc., plus you have all the resources available like documentation and etc.
8. You can combine any methods you like. Choose a cms or opensource program and redevelop it to mimic a website service you want.
9. Whenever your confident of your skills and have solid background of what flahfreak mentioned above then you are ready for a real web development. That is to conceptualize, design and create an original application from scratch. When you say scratch, that means all original. Layout, CSS, program, and etc. The output program or feature may not necessarily be original but the methodology and creation process must be.
10. Whatever it is you choose, it always boils down to studying and challenging yourself.

Thats my opinion.