Web Development for Beginners

As a web developer, there are lots of things that you can customise when you know and have the knowledge how to. One of these things is having the ability to create your very own personal style of buttons and inputs. Why do this? Well, it makes your website look very unique and will definitely attract the users attention, when they see a type of button or input that they've maybe never seen before. This will help to keep a user engaged and on your webpage. How to achieve this? Using CSS. That's right. Using pure CSS you can create your own style of buttons and inputs to reuse throughout your website and web development project. We don't need any fancy plugins and we don't even need to use JavaScript. Utilising CSS variables can make this task even faster and more efficient aswell. What type of buttons/inputs can you create? You can make any type you want however the best practice and most professional/slick approach is to change the highlights, borders, colo...

Just DO it. This may seem really simple, but sometimes just doing it, works. A lot of the time you will hesitate when wanting to try something different in web development. For example, if you have an idea of how to implement functionality, my advice is just do it! Try it out. If it doesn't work, try something else - it's the best way to self learn as well after you have learnt the basics and fundamentals. Seek advice. Seeking good experienced advice from a web developer who knows what they are talking about is a great way to solidify and help you understand a problem. If you're stuck on an issue and you really can't understand how to fix or implement it, then sometimes, asking a senior or more experienced web developer will benefit you. They can pass knowledge and expertise on to you which you'll never forget! Take a break. I find a lot of times if I've hit a problem in web development I can't solve, taking a quick 5 minute break and coming back...

In web development there are lots of different styles of programming. As you get more experienced you will adapt your own personal style and form coding habits which you will live by while developing. There are so many different preferences which lots of different developers adapt to and adhere to. It's best to get started with the most advised and best coding / programming standards so you don't pick up any bad or inefficient habits. There are a number of things that make up standards or styles when thinking about programming / coding style. These include; code indentation style, spacing, number of blank lines between statements or elements, font, colour scheme, naming conventions, etc. With all of these together combined with good practices you can ensure that you're code will remain consistent throughout projects and throughout your career. The main aim is to produce readable, maintainable code, while also preventing duplication of code. In my online course I...

JavaScript libraries are collections of prewritten code snippets that can be used (and reused) to perform common JavaScript functions. JavaScript library code can be plugged into the rest of your project’s code on an “as needed” basis. why use a library? A javascript library can really enhance your web page and website, as you will have access to functionality that you might not know how to code yourself. Examples of libraries The two most common JavaScript libraries are; JQuery React JS Personally, I use React JS every day in my current work role (as a mobile app developer) - React JS is an advanced library that lets you split out code into components, quite like objects in OOP (Object Orientated Programming). Like everything in web development though, you need to know the basics and fundamentals to HTML, CSS and JavaScript before you go jumping into a library as you'd get lost. Remember you can sign up to my full beginners web development course to master these basic ...