Web Development: Five points that a Newbie Web Developers should Know

Mar 29
15:13

2012

Diah Abida

Diah Abida

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Graduation is fast approaching. Year after year, new web developers are being produced by the excellent schools around the world as great talent is cr...

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Graduation is fast approaching. Year after year,Web Development: Five points that a Newbie Web Developers should Know Articles new web developers are being produced by the excellent schools around the world as great talent is crawling in World Wide Web. Career Opportunities will shortly knock on the doors of these fresh graduates who are about to face the real world. However, they will soon face the inevitable phase of competition.

The world of Web Development is not a lonely world.

Looking at World Wide Web, several forums and communities have been created to seek better understanding at the bizarre functionality of codes and scripts. Web Masters came up with a way to help these newbie programmers. They created forums and communities where members can raise questions about the different stages of web development. Communities can be a stepping stone to find better opportunities because members of these forums are basically scattered all around the globe.

Web development is not only a process, it is an industry.

Understanding this is very vital for your career. It is impeccable to learn the nature of other programmers. Learn to debug. Learn to read code as if it is your first language. The key here is practice, study, practice, more practice. Use comments in your code; be versatile by having patience at the rear of things. Learn from other programmers. Websites never end after it was built. It needs constant maintenance, so if you are not given the chance right away, be patient. Your time will come.

 Web Development is not just about writing markup and coding.

After years of studying and creating websites for projects and thesis, this should be not as hard as it should be. Web Development does not start and end with developing a website. It is not all about coding. Yes, programming is a big part of it, but there is a bigger picture lying ahead. It includes web design, content development, client-side/server-side scripting, web server and network security configuration, e-commerce development, on-page SEO, and off-page SEO among others. Knowing this you can have an advantage over your competitors. You'll have a better chance of getting hired because you can attend trainings to develop not only your programming skills but even your designing, writing, and other necessary skills. Might as well be dynamic.

 Be familiar withSEO

This will be the world's topic as long as search engines exist. SEO starts from website planning, designing to development and it never stops there, it never ends. Make your code dynamic by allowing SEO tactics to run in the very core of your codes. This will be very helpful for the company you will be applying for. This can be an advantage for you because you will be a good asset to them.

 Be familiar with mobile web development

This will be very popular this year because World Wide Web can already be accessed using different platforms. Internet access has been so much easier due to the invention of smartphones. In the future, there will be a great demand for mobile web developers, mobile application developers. This will be of great benefit if you pursue this.

Cheer up, even being involved in the highly competitive industry you can still find a career for you! The industry is big and it still expands. Just follow these tips and before you know it, you are already making your way to the world of employment!