How to get started with Web Development?

Have you ever wondered how websites work and how do they look so interactive and promising? If you are planning to make your career in web development or web designing, this is the blog from where you can start your journey of making your passion into your profession. 

Before beginning with technical stuff, let's remind ourselves what actually is there in a website which attracts us so much? What are the certain key features that all the users look for on any website? And is it actually difficult to make a website then it seems? Let's answer your questions first. 

The main point of attraction in websites is due to extra effects that have been put due to CSS styling. One of the main key features in a website includes the responsiveness of the site i.e. how well it goes with every device, proper spacing and automatic alignment of the content and how all the contents come up together so aesthetically, are some of the main features every user look for. 

This is what a user interact with because obviously, even if a button takes 10 seconds to respond, no user will come back to the site because they want the fast and responsive website to deal with.

After getting an overview of what users search in a good website, in this article, we will discuss what you need to learn for being a front-end developer 

1. HTML 5: HTML is probably the first language we have studied in our school life apart from our spoken languages. HTML 5 is a grown-up version of HTML where you can store and process variable values and develop, not only a fully functional blog but also many games, just by using HTML. 

This is the most important language used by a front-end developer as this makes the base of the website and helps us identify what things are to be included in the website. It actually gives us a rough structure of the website with some features to test the website. 

2. CSS 3: CSS is the makeup for HTML that is done to make the website look stylish, and beautiful with attractive features. From adding transitions to creating animations and adding scrolling effect, all is done using various CSS rules.

As HTML 5 is the grown-up version of HTML, CSS 3 is the grown-up version of CSS. To become a significant front-end developer, you need to understand the CSS concepts and work accordingly.  

3. JavaScript: JavaScript or JS is considered to be the best scripting language which gives you the opportunity to try and execute complex features on your web page and make it more functional. They just add some functions to a static looking web page and make them look alive. 

? JS modifies CSS and change the present system on the web page through HTML changes and gives instant reactions on mouse clicks, pointers and key presses

? It handles network requests and transforms itself in AJAX and COMET forms to download and upload files. 

? Remembering client-side data, working with cookies, showing messages and asking questions to the users are other main functions of JavaScript. 

4. Bootstrap: It is an open-source framework mainly used for making a site responsive and adding CSS based templates to enhance the look of a website. Bootstrap is recommended when you want to apply any features but cannot do so with simple HTML and CSS code. It gives you the provision of dark-colored tables, quotes and highlights. 

Apart from the languages discussed, jQuery, Graphics designing and SEO are some of the extra but essential skills that are required to be a proficient front-end developer and these are skills that you need to be well-versed with to work on back-end or other fields of writing, marketing or coding.

Thus, if you want to start your career as a web developer or just want to give it a try during this lockdown, there are couple of websites and apps which enables you to do so. freeCodeCamp.org and SoloLearn app are some of the free sources you can refer to learn web devlopment related skills. Udemy and Coursera paid or unpaid courses are just another option you can refer. If you are not interested to learn from any of these websites, you can refer YouTube, all time free platform to learn anything and make sure you practice by making projects of different levels.

Keep Coding! Keep Learning!