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Roadmap to becoming a web developer in 2019

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Re: Roadmap to becoming a web developer in 2019

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Post by pgm8705 »

This feels overwelming. While I realize Rails isn't the cool thing in the web space anymore, I'm still convinced the best way to get someone into web development is to sit them down with Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails tutorial and have them go through it any number of times. I've turned several zero-experience friends and/or interns into career web developers this way.

Re: Roadmap to becoming a web developer in 2019

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Post by Blaiz0r »

pgm8705 wrote: post #22

This feels overwelming. While I realize Rails isn't the cool thing in the web space anymore, I'm still convinced the best way to get someone into web development is to sit them down with Michael Hartl's Ruby on Rails tutorial and have them go through it any number of times. I've turned several zero-experience friends and/or interns into career web developers this way.

Is Why's The Lucky Stiff not the thing anymore? Or was that just for Ruby...

Re: Roadmap to becoming a web developer in 2019

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Post by megaman8 »

Seems quite comprehensive, perhaps more than any web developer needs to know, but a good resource nonetheless.

For FE, I'm glad DOM manipulation is in there somewhere. These days with modern frameworks becoming a big thing an all, I feel DOM manipulation as a skill is falling by the wayside.

Re: Roadmap to becoming a web developer in 2019

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Post by gdulli »

axvk wrote: post #9

Charts like these are guaranteed to scare anyone trying to enter the web development field. A junior position requires much less than is shown there.

And as you get truly senior you've picked out the stack you like best out of the ones you've tried, the stack that lets you do anything you want to do with the least friction for your own personal style. And you realize there's little value to always being on the treadmill of replacing skills to swap their various pros and cons while your overall capabilities don't grow.

Re: Roadmap to becoming a web developer in 2019

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Post by megaman8 »

getsomeboi wrote: post #14

If you know everything on the chart and have done this shit for Fortune 500 companies over the span of a 10 year career How much money should you command

Depends on where. Location, can increase your salary by 50% or more and increase your cost of living by 200% to 600% or more.

Re: Roadmap to becoming a web developer in 2019

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Post by aasasd »

forgueam wrote: post #19
Svoka wrote: post #15

Didn't know .NET is a functional programming language, right after Haskell and Java.

It's hard to see, but I think Java and .NET are linked to the "Other Options" box in the chart.

Yeah, alas the proximity principle isn't on the map.

Re: Roadmap to becoming a web developer in 2019

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Post by protonimitate »

sudofail wrote: post #12

I'm currently teaching my brother web development and I guarantee if I were to show him this, he'd just quit. This is way too much information. All a beginner needs to know is JS and the basics of HTML/CSS/SQL. If they have a mentor, the mentor should draw out and explain how frontend, backend and databases relate, and the general lifecycle of a request to a webpage. That's all you really need to start building stuff…

It's a good reference resource to have. It's great to see what X technology is, and how it relates to everything else.

I would agree that handing this to a beginner would be over kill.

This is probably best suited for people who are in the 'I know the basics, but want to know what this technology-of-the-month is and how it fits in to what I already know' stage.

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