The road to become a developer in 2021

Learn the basics of web development

There are many paths to take in order to become a web developer.

I have done a lot of research in this topic and I have found the most concise information proven to work.

What do I need to learn as a beginner ?

1. HTML => text, images, links, headers, paragraphs, semantic content

2. CSS => animations, flex, grids, responsive design

3. JS => interactivity, animations, realtime calculations etc.

What type of work can I look for in indeed ?

• Wordpress developer

• Web site editor

• Content producer

• Social media manager

• HTML developer

• Web site support specialist

• Web master jobs

If you want to focus on the front end learn frameworks ?

JS FRAMEWORKS :

• React

• Vue

• Angular

• Jquery

💡 Do not fall in love with a specific one, search in your area and learn the one with more jobs in demand, React at the moment is dominating the market, Vue is new with a smaller learning curve, angular has a lot of legacy code to be maintained and Jquery also since a lot of sites were build using Jquery.

CSS FRAMEWORKS:

• bootstrap

• tailwind

• foundation

What if you want to become a backend ?

• php

• node

• dotnet

• java

• python

• mysql

• postgres

How to become a Fullstack developer ?

In this case I would take the route of learning a stack

• LAMP

• MERN

• MEVN

• .NET Framework

What technologies to learn in order to become a mobile developer ?

• Swift: is the language Apple uses for programming their devices.

• Kotlin: is the language Android devices are programmed in.

• Crossplatform devices:

  • ReactNative

  • Flutter

  • Xamarin

What if I want to create desktop apps ?

• Electron: is a javascript framework for it

• C#: is Microsoft main language