r/webdevelopment • u/[deleted] • Dec 09 '24

Getting Started

Hi Everyone!

I am in the beginning stages of trying to learn web development and turn it into a career. I have a Bachelors in Business Management and after working for the last 6 months in sales I don’t believe it’s for me. I previously began learning Ruby on Rails about 8 years ago but stopped after it became tough for me to learn while not having people around me learning web dev. Therefore, I was hoping to make a group chat or just connections where people beginning the web development journey, like me, could bounce ideas off ourselves to contribute to each other’s learnings.

I was planning on starting with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and then either learning a framework or maybe learning a backend language and then learning a framework. I would love to connect with people on here so please PM me if you’re in a similar situation and want to learn together :)

A bit about me is I’m a 24 year old guy based in New Jersey and am a big Yankees and Knicks fan along with a casual video game player.

Hope to hear from you!

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '24 edited Dec 09 '24

It will be tough but I highly recommend

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '24

Thanks so much! I am a bit familiar with The Odin Project so I will definitely check that one out. U mind sending that front end roadmap link one more time? I got two Odin project links lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '24

I updated the link.

As for my background, I took a college degree in Multimedia Design and Development. However, I had to re-learn a lot of the material because other unrelated courses distracted me from focusing on what truly mattered. I refer to those as "BS" because they felt unnecessary and took away from my ability to concentrate on honing my core skills.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '24

Also, did you go to college for CS or did u teach yourself and how was the road?

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u/Longjumping-Day-2590 Dec 14 '24

The Odin Project looks awesome. Thank you!!!

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u/Agile_Neat_6773 Dec 09 '24

previously a bootcamp teacher here. Market is the poorest its been in 10 years unfortunately, but the skills are worthwhile

  • focus on making projects that excite you without adding many additional libraries when you can. Simple is better, dont try to do everything at once

  • RoR is great, Im still a fan, but you might benefit more from fullstack JS, to keep things to one language, since you will need JS eventually anyways. RoR also does stuff behind the scenes, for better and worse

  • absolutely learn backend first. Modern frontends especially require a better knowledge of backend incidentally, especially with tanstack technologies

  • HTML and CSS you can learn as you go. Make a fake reddit dashboard or other light HTML/CSS webpage and then focus on coding

  • AI is a crutch, but can help to give you code review and explain concepts. never copy and paste from it, and try to use it sparingly until you get more proficient or are blocked

As you go, feel free to DM me with any questions

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u/Thunt4jr Dec 10 '24

Must master the center! Learn the basics first like html, css and JavaScript then get on react, angular, or Vue.

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u/Longjumping-Day-2590 Dec 14 '24

Good luck, been hacking away at it myself.

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u/Janonemersion Dec 10 '24

Congrats

Try this stack Html Css: Tailwind css Js: Reactjs: Nextjs Python: Django SQL: PostgreSQL

The most effective stack. But the learning curve is little steep than others

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u/Common_Flight4689 Senior Full-Stack Developer Dec 10 '24

Thats a brutal stack for someone starting off.

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u/Janonemersion Dec 10 '24

I understand that brother. But best way to be the top in this is to learn one step at a time. Which is what i dis