Web Devlopment: Things you should know

Hello guys, 

A lot of you might wanna become a good web developer despite being from totally irreverent stream.
Just like me!! :-P

I'm gonna tell you about how to begin with web development even if you are not from IT field... 

Eligibility,
All you need for learning web development is just Confidence and just believe in your self

Things required,
1. Internet Connectivity(not always)
2. Smart phone or Laptop

Learning Order,


1) HTML

HTML 5

First thing you should learn is HTML.
HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. It was invented by physicist Tim Berners-Lee in 1980. HTML 5 is latest version of HTML.

2) CSS 

CSS 3

Next is CSS. CSS Stands for Cascading Style Sheets. It was initialised on 17 December, 1996 by Håkon Wium Lie. He is also CTO at Opera Software. CSS enables developers to set styles for their website.


3) JavaScript

Most important and also difficult part is Java for all the newbies. Java enables all kinds animation and most features of website. Modern websites wouldn't been developed if JAVA wasn't there.

All though for the web development part you need learn JavaScript which comparatively simpler.


All the above mentioned Scripts work on the client side, i.e. on the device(s) of website users.

You will need to manage your website on your part, eg; adding and changing content or removing it. Script used for this purpose is called Server Side script. There are many scripts but my favourite is PHP.


4) PHP

PHP stands for Personal Home Page, all though its an old name. PHP means Hypertext Preprocessor. It was created in 1994 by Rasmus Lerdorf. Although it was released in 1995. 

(PS: Face book is developed in PHP)   

By now you should have a good idea about 'What to learn?' but the one question still remains unanswered, 'Where to learn?'

There are two choices,

1. SoloLearn

Sololearn provides free learning modules in multiple categories of information technology such HTML, CSS, PHP, C#, C++, JS, etc.

Features

• Available Anytime & Anywhere for FREE!
• Learn on the web and on the go. 
• Available on all major devices and platforms. 
• Always pick up where you left off
• More simple and enjoyable than ever!

2) w3schools

Features

W3Schools is optimised for learning, testing, and training. Examples might be simplified to improve reading and basic understanding. Tutorials, references, and examples are constantly reviewed to avoid errors, but we cannot warrant full correctness of all content.

'WHICH TO CHOOSE?'

Answer is completely up to you,

w3schools provide nice knowledge and they are specialised in web development. On the other hand, SoloLearn covers many categories besides web development.

Both them provides emulator to taste your codes which will help you in practise coding you have learned.

HTML, CSS and JS does not require any additional software, you can do all the scripting in simple notepad. But PHP requires some softwares to be installed on your PC. Although initially you can practise on either of the above.

Personally my favourite is SoloLearn as it is best suited for newbies like us. It is easy to use and enables to learning offline. There are google achievements and leader boards also, which makes learning fun.

But if you are serious about being web developer and want to learn web development only then w3schools are the best experts you can get.

There are other options such Udemy and Udacity are available as well.