Essential Web Developer Tools
What Essential Web Developer Tools Does Every Junior Web Developer Need to Launch a Career?
It doesn’t matter if you’re a self-taught coder, a professional looking to change course, or a fresh-faced high school graduate ready to dive into the web development world — you’ll all need to understand these essential web developer tools in order to land your first job in website development.
Essential Web Developer Tools | Core Lanaguages
The first step in learning web development is having a solid understanding of the core languages of all web pages: HTML and CSS.
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are the foundation of web development. Used together, HTML and CSS form a powerful duo that can create websites of any size, shape, or function. With a solid understanding of the core languages of web pages, you’ll be able to:
- Create a basic webpage layout
- Apply complex styles to your page
- Manage and control styles using the latest techniques
- Learn modern layout and CSS positioning
- Create advanced CSS selectors
- …and more!
Other Popular Scripting Languages
Once you’ve mastered the core languages of HTML and CSS, you’ll want to be sure you can also work with other popular scripting languages and essential web developer tools such as PHP, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, and WordPress.
- PHP is a lightweight, flexible programming language. It has grown to become one of the world’s most powerful web scripting languages. PHP is widely used as an open-source, general-purpose scripting language, especially suited for web development and often embedded into HTML web pages. PHP is lightweight, yet very powerful. It is at the core of many content management systems, including WordPress, and PHP is installed on millions of servers worldwide.
- JavaScript is one of the world’s most popular and powerful scripting languages. Using JavaScript, you can add incredible functionality to your website. JavaScript has everything you need to validate form input, create image/text rollovers, open pop-up windows, and much more. The language is intuitive and easy to learn. JavaScript is used in conjunction with HTML and CSS, so it is important that you have some previous coding experience in those languages.
- Ruby on Rails (or “Rails” for short), is an increasingly popular framework for building websites by combining the Ruby language with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create an application that runs on a web server. Like similar programming languages such as Java, Ruby on Rails is streamlined and requires less code for basic structures.
- WordPress is widely used to create all kinds of websites: big or small. WordPress just makes it easy. Plugins and widgets allow any website to be fully customized and can make the need to add complex functions (like an image slider or shopping cart) a breeze. One in five websites on the internet is powered by WordPress.
Our track of web design classes and development bootcamps begins with a solid understanding of the core languages of all web pages: HTML and CSS. Continuing your education in website design will take you through other popular scripting languages and essential web development tools such as PHP, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, and WordPress. We provide relevant, real-world examples for all types of students, no matter what your previous experience is in website design.
Digital Workshop Center offers all of the training you’ll need to learn everything about designing, creating, and maintaining high-impact, interactive websites. Ready to get started? Contact us today.
