Anyone Can Do Web Dev

10. October 2007
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I've always said that anyone can be a web programmer. Often I hear stuff like "..it takes certain kind of person to be a programmer..". No, no, it really doesn't - not as far as web development - not anymore. I have a BA in Computer Science, but honestly? I really truely believe I could do the same job I do now if I would have only taken a single programming class - that class being a 3 credit Web Development course, and even that I could have taught myself (80k down the drain)! If you are interested at all in the web, then I would highly encourage you to take up a hobby and start programming your own web sites. Seriously..it's not that hard. Now if you want to write highly effecient VoIP call control applications for Cisco  in native C++ like my friend Youngjin, then that's gonna take years of school and experience. But web development? Piece of cake!

Getting started is easy. Download the ASP.NET 2.0 framework as well as Visual Web Developer Express. Both are free, and I gaurantee you won't find better free web development tools anywhere on the web. Once you have them installed on your machine, check out some excellent free videos for beginners, and follow along! Before you know it, you'll be pounding code like a pro, and having fun as well! Remember, it's not as complicated as it appears at first! The .Net framework is designed to do the vast majority of the heavy lifting for you, so all you need to do is tell it what to lift, and where to put it.  Coding websites is fun, really fun! Happy coding!

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Kevin Quillen
Kevin Quillen
10/10/2007 7:34:05 PM #
When I started college, I too thought I would need a myriad of programming courses and books.

Turns out, to be a good programmer, all you need to be is a good problem solver. It doesn't matter really these days what language you use, Coldfusion, PHP, .NET, Ruby on Rails, or Python, as long as you can interchange platforms, learn syntax and problem solve, you can be a decent programmer.

I generally use Coldfusion, but am interested in getting into more PHP or ROR. I keep hearing good things about .NET too.

Also, I learned the most with on the job experience. What you learn on the job can never be taught in a classroom out of a book.
Brent
Brent
10/10/2007 7:55:27 PM #
Very true Kevin, it's all about problem solving, and nothing beats experience. I learned far more at my first job in 6 months than I did in 4 years of school. Btw, here are some videos on migrating from ColdFusion to .NET if you're curious:  http://asp.net/learn/videos/#migrating
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7/18/2008 6:13:13 PM #
Its so hard for me to learn javascript and php. When I read the books I always forget everything
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