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Get html & css down fairly well. Do some decent javascript classes (Codeschool has good ones as well as hundreds of other places). Get into php or ruby on rai
by tkjef 11y ago
Get html & css down fairly well.
Do some decent javascript classes (Codeschool has good ones as well as hundreds of other places).
Get into php or ruby on rails for some backend programming (php i think is better for beginners). This step should also introduce you to SQL.
Get into Linux & create a virtual machine with virtual box (or vagrant to step it up a notch).
Going through all this you should be messing around with projects & ideas. Hopefully, you're starting to gravitate to developer (in some language), or system administrator, or dba.
From there, continue to focus & refine your education based on what interests you, and what job opportunities are available or are coming your way.
- cconcepts 11y agoIf I understand the situation correctly, JavaScript could soon be commonplace as a back end language as well thanks to NodeJS? I may have completely misunderstood this...
- NhanH 11y agoIt is commonplace even now (as in you will have enough resources/jobs etc that you want, not that it will be the majority, or even any where close). But you really want to stick with a more mature ecosystem. The JS/Node ecosystem, and even the language is too much in flux. It's nightmare to keep up even for experience developer. You want something you can copy paste and know it won't throw back an error due to version upgrade. Ruby on Rails, python + flask and even php would serve you better.