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You're young you can do anything. Web development if you enjoy it can be rewarding and fun, and pay the bills. Network, find someone who works in the industry
by saluki 10y ago
You're young you can do anything.
Web development if you enjoy it can be rewarding and fun, and pay the bills.
Network, find someone who works in the industry who can help get you in the door.
You mentioned HTML5, CSS and PHP.
You can do this without a bootcamp.
Do you have a macbook? If not I would recommend saving up for a macbook (an air 13" would be perfect <$1k on sale or refurbished, or a mac mini). You'll need it down the road when you get to more advanced topics. Windows is ok initially.
First step is learning HTML and CSS. (if you haven't already)
Then PHP, build a simple web app, get hosting FTP your files to get things working. Learn about shared hosting, domains (pointing A records). Learn the basics of MySQL.
Next learn javascript and jQuery.
Now you should be building your own websites and web apps.
Another possible path is learning WordPress (PHP).
Once you have the basics down you can move on to a framework, for PHP I would recommend Laravel. Great tools, great community, and getting really popular, used by lots of projects and companies.
You can learn a lot by signing up at laracasts.com, it's $9/mo but well worth it.
Use git or bitbucket, start deploying projects to digital ocean VPS hosting, forge.laravel.com is a great tool for creating and deploying to droplets.
Start getting the basics down and keep leveling up with the projects and fees/rate you charge.
Checkout Larajobs.com
If you have a question run in to problems google it and check stack overflow. Reach out to developers. You can build a nice network of developers willing to answer questions and point you in the right direction.
feel free to email me: HNusername at gmail.
Hang in there, Good luck.