Lifet After HTML/XHTML and CSS

Since I could not afford going to college for web design, I
relied on books, articles and this forum to jump start my knowledge
on web development. I will never be an "expert" on web development.
I say this because the web language and technology is constantly
changing and one must keep up with today's craving for digital
supremacy.
Few months ago I was unable to create a web page with out
Dreamweaver design view but now, I hate design view. I sit and
create web pages in note pad all day and I love it! I love writing
raw codes and my dream is to become one of the best web developer
some day.
Anyway, I have learned a lot about CSS/XHTML to at least
create basic websites but I want to take the next step since I can
now afford to take college classes.
What do I learn next? I want to learn another language that
will enhanced my design/developer technical knowledge. Do I go
JavaScript? Flash/Actionscript?
I want to learn a technology that can create interactivity on
the web but with all the different languages, I'm confused as to
where to start.
Any advise?
Patrick

On 01 Aug 2008 in macromedia.dreamweaver, Webethics wrote:
> Since I could not afford going to college for web
design, I relied
> on books, articles and this forum to jump start my
knowledge on web
> development. I will never be an "expert" on web
development.
Many of us have backgrounds in areas other than web
development, and
learned it the same way you did.
> I say this because the web language and technology is
constantly
> changing and one must keep up with today's craving for
digital
> supremacy.
However - (X)HTML and CSS are the backbone of web
development, and will
remain so for the forseeable future. (Like until
October...)[1]
> Few months ago I was unable to create a web page with
out
> Dreamweaver design view but now, I hate design view. I
sit and
> create web pages in note pad all day and I love it! I
love writing
> raw codes and my dream is to become one of the best web
developer
> some day.
I can - and do - some development in a text editor. However,
the
conveniences Dreamweaver adds - things like tag completion
and file
management - mean that I do most of my work in DW's code
view.
> Anyway, I have learned a lot about CSS/XHTML to at least
create
> basic websites but I want to take the next step since I
can now
> afford to take college classes.
>
> What do I learn next? I want to learn another language
that will
> enhanced my design/developer technical knowledge. Do I
go
> JavaScript? Flash/Actionscript?
>
> I want to learn a technology that can create
interactivity on the
> web but with all the different languages, I'm confused
as to where
> to start .
Learn serverside scripting, either PHP or ASP.Net/C# or maybe
.Net/jscript. Check the want ads or online job boards for
what
companies are looking for in the area you want to work.
There is some work out there for Flash developers, either as
part of a
team or as a subcontractor, doing parts of sites. A lot of
sites I see
use a Flash header to add some interest to a page. But the
number of
straight Flash sites is limited, and I suspect will be for a
while.
Javascript is good too, and some people make a living from
creating
javascript widgets for web development. See, for example,
Project
Seven (
http://projectseven.com/) or
Michael Brandt (Diva HTML
http://www.divahtml.com/).
And a competent web developer should have a
passing familiarity with it. But I'd guess that you're
unlikely to
land a local development job based on your javascript
abilities.
[1] For the humor impaired - I'm kidding. It will be November
at
least. I'm not sure what the year will be, though.
Joe Makowiec
http://makowiec.net/
Email:
http://makowiec.net/contact.php

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