Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: Hey Tigs... (and any other web developers)

  1. #1
    HEXUS.social member Allen's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Location
    Brighton
    Posts
    8,536
    Thanks
    363
    Thanked
    262 times in 168 posts
    • Allen's system
      • Motherboard:
      • ASUS Maximus VIII Gene
      • CPU:
      • Intel Core i5 6600K
      • Memory:
      • 2 x 8GB Kingston HyperX Predator DDR4-3000
      • Storage:
      • 256GB Samsung 950 PRO NVMe M.2 (OS) + 2 x 512GB Samsung 960 EVO in RAID 0 (Games)
      • Graphics card(s):
      • ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti OC
      • PSU:
      • XFX P1-650X-NLG9 XXX 650W Modular
      • Case:
      • Fractal Design Node 804
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10 Home 64-bit
      • Monitor(s):
      • 27" BenQ XL2730Z + 23" Dell U2311H
      • Internet:
      • Virgin Media 200Mbps

    Hey Tigs... (and any other web developers)

    http://forums.hexus.net/software-web...developer.html

    Yes please.

    I had a quick search and haven't seen anything recent apart from the odd specific question, but I did come across this rather old post that had some good info in it. I just wonder, has much changed since back then (3 years is a long time in computing!)?

    Background: Several years playing around with web design, self taught HTML, xHTML and CSS (using Notepad++ not a WYSIWYG editor), a tiny bit of PHP and JavaScript usage, knowledge of SQL and a great interest in web development.

    I know from years of trying, I am not a good designer. I have no artistic flair. So my aim now is to try and learn web development where things don't have to look "pretty" but they do have to be functional.

    I have been looking into ASP.net lately, and it looks pretty good, but it may be a bit too complicated to just teach it to myself. So what would be a good way to learn more about ASP.net and/or any other associated languages? Something that could be done through CBT would be best, as well as being cheap or free if possible. Either that or some websites which offer decent, up-to-date information that I can learn from, not using out-dated techniques.

  2. #2
    Seething Cauldron of Hatred TheAnimus's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Posts
    17,164
    Thanks
    803
    Thanked
    2,152 times in 1,408 posts

    Re: Hey Tigs... (and any other web developers)

    Pretty much, my advice would be to look at more than one language and framework.

    ASP.Net is quite easy to start in, download the free:
    http://www.microsoft.com/express/Web/
    and follow the tutorials.

    Then look at the concepts of TDD (Test Driven Dev) source control versioning etc.
    throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)

  3. #3
    sp3n
    Guest

    Re: Hey Tigs... (and any other web developers)

    its worth taking a look into html5 and css3, improving your javascript and start learning a popular javascript framework like jquery.

  4. #4
    HEXUS.social member Allen's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Location
    Brighton
    Posts
    8,536
    Thanks
    363
    Thanked
    262 times in 168 posts
    • Allen's system
      • Motherboard:
      • ASUS Maximus VIII Gene
      • CPU:
      • Intel Core i5 6600K
      • Memory:
      • 2 x 8GB Kingston HyperX Predator DDR4-3000
      • Storage:
      • 256GB Samsung 950 PRO NVMe M.2 (OS) + 2 x 512GB Samsung 960 EVO in RAID 0 (Games)
      • Graphics card(s):
      • ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti OC
      • PSU:
      • XFX P1-650X-NLG9 XXX 650W Modular
      • Case:
      • Fractal Design Node 804
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10 Home 64-bit
      • Monitor(s):
      • 27" BenQ XL2730Z + 23" Dell U2311H
      • Internet:
      • Virgin Media 200Mbps

    Re: Hey Tigs... (and any other web developers)

    Yeah, have been having a good look around W3 Schools and even though it's been months since I have done any coding, I managed to breeze through the HTML and xHTML "quizzes" and got a reasonably high score for CSS.

    What I will probably do is spend a few hours doing is their JavaScript training and then go from there. HTML5 looks interesting, as well as ASP.net, may do the training with W3 Schools for those as well.

    Are there any industry standard qualifications for these languages by the way? I notice that W3 Schools offer some, but at $95 a go, it could end up getting expensive.

  5. #5
    sp3n
    Guest

    Re: Hey Tigs... (and any other web developers)

    i wouldn't bother attempting to get any qualifications for things like html/css/javascript.. when it comes to employment it comes down to what you can actually do.

    the best thing you can show prospective employers is an online portfolio of your work. you could start by building websites for local businesses for a small fee or even for free just to get some experience working on some real projects that will have real web development problems to solve

  6. #6
    Large Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2004
    Posts
    3,720
    Thanks
    47
    Thanked
    99 times in 64 posts

    Re: Hey Tigs... (and any other web developers)

    Apply for a junior web dev position. The requirements often aren't too stringent and you'll be forced to pick up quickly. Unless this is some kind of hobby, in which case ASP.NET+google+a book+vwd express+set yourself and project and you can't really go too far wrong.
    To err is human. To really foul things up ... you need a computer.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •