In the last post of this blog, I discussed web development, its meaning, job opportunities in the web development industry, and who a web developer is. I also compared the main web development job positions, including frontend, backend, and full-stack developers. Today’s post is about the web development roadmap.
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Roadmaps for Web Development
How should I become a web developer (frontend, backend, or full-stack)? Which path should I take to become a professional web developer? Fortunately, there are many resources online that help us become web developers. One of the best ones I like very much is the developer roadmaps website.
On that website, there are step-by-step guides for becoming a frontend developer, backend developer, React developer, Angular developer, etc. One of the good things about this website is that it is up-to-date. For example, if I want to become a modern front-end web developer, the below image can be my roadmap. Just note that this image is not complete and may be outdated so go to the mentioned website URL to see the newest roadmap:
Other types of developers have other roadmaps as well. It also recently added a simplified version of roadmaps.
Web Development Roadmap – a Practical Guide
This annual guide (roadmap) for web developers has been published since 2017. It covers all the web development technologies available for front-end, back-end, and full-stack developers.
It is a long video full of information; it may be overwhelming if you see it from start to end at once. So, I recommend watching it in 45-minute or 30-minute divisions with a break between them.
What Is the Web Development Roadmap
The above roadmaps are detailed; beginners may fear the long road ahead with the languages, tools, and technologies. Of course, these roadmaps tell you you don’t need to know everything.
For example in the frontend roadmap, first learn the basics of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and even take a job and then dig deeper into other learning materials. But you may need a simplified version.
In this case, look at W3Schools’ roadmap for web development, which is what you may want. It is a simple roadmap without any additional information that everyone can take easily for the first stages of their career.
In addition to a roadmap page, this resource includes other information that a web developer may need and want to know. For example: what is HTTP, what is HTML, what is CSS, what is Responsive, what is JavaScript, etc.
Conclusion
Sometimes the road to becoming a web developer is confusing and frustrating for beginners. So I hope this post helps you to become a successful web developer with more ease and confidence. You can use this and search online for other resources too.
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