Anyone Can Do Web Dev

• Posted by Brent on October 10, 2007 11:28
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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!