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A Beginner’s Guide: How to begin your journey into web development

These are all the vital steps, skills, and tools you will need to move forward into your web development journey.

In this era, we all know the power of the internet and also how it is changing the world. So we know that a lot of beginner’s or fresher’s are eager to know that how the web development really works and ready to dive deep in it as they are looking to make a career into this field. We have contacted few experts in this field to understand very well that what could be the right path for the beginners so that it can be a boosting start for them.

Web development has become one of the most in-demand and accessible career paths in the tech world. From web development to programming — if you want a career, freelancing, or just to work on your own projects, knowing web dev can unlock many doors. For an absolute beginner who is unsure about how to start, this guide will guide you in the journey of becoming a web developer from the ground up — with no prior knowledge needed.

Know What Web Development Actually Is

Web development is the process of building and maintaining websites and web applications. These days every organisation needs to have a website so that they can make the best out of their business and also can take their businesses at global level. This will help them to manage the customer data easily as well as many other tasks associated with the management of customer can be performed through their site. The web development is broadly divided into three types

Frontend Development

The frontend is basically what the users will see when they will open any web page. The frontend of any web page is developed with HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Backend Development

The backend is everything done behind the back of your site, through which actually the data coming from the frontend is stored into the server or any other operation. The backend of any page is developed using Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby, Java, etc

Full Stack Development

When we talk about full stack development it means we are talking about both i.e., frontend as well as backend. The job market is high for full stack developer

Gaining an overall understanding of these areas will inform your decision on what you wish to specialize in.

Set Up Your Development Environment

Before getting into some code, a couple of tools are required that will help you to make your web development journey easier. Here few most popular tools are mentioned, you can find a lot more using Google search.

1.Code Editor

Install Visual Studio Code ( VS Code ) – it’s easy for beginners and a widely used tool.

2.Browser

Inspecting and testing web pages, using a browser tool is very easy, we recommend Google Chrome

3.Version Control

Set up git and a GitHub account for sharing your code and working with others

The Basics – Start With HTML – The Structure

Inspecting and testing web pages, using a browser tool is very easy, we recommend Google Chrome

What is HTML

HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is the fundamental layout of each website page

What to Learn

<div>, <p>, <h1> to <h6> , <a>, <img>, etc.

<form>, <input>, <button>, checkboxes, etc

Use of tags like<header>, <footer>, <article> for better accessibility.

Resources

Learn CSS – The Styling

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) are the glue that brings the visual part of the web to life

What to Learn

Tools

Experiment with styling live in browser developer tools.

Maybe try CSS Zen Garden for inspiration

Resources

Get Started with JavaScript – The Logic

 It is the programming language that adds interactivity to a website.

What to Learn

Projects to Try

Resources

Practice Building Projects

Start applying what you’ve learned. Don’t worry about doing them perfectly, you just want hands-on experience only.

Beginner Project Ideas

Use Github for hosting your projects and saving your progress.

Git and GitHub: Learn version control

Version control is necessary in real-world development to maintain the user experience.

Learn How To

Resources

Understand Responsive Design and Accessibility

As all websites must now be beautiful on every device and accessible to everyone. Responsiveness is a key feature of a website which ensures that the look and feel of a site is maintained when the site is visited through different channels like phone, laptop, desktop etc

Key Concepts

ToolS

Responsive Testing in Chrome Developer Tools

Wave Accessibility Tool

Explore JavaScript Frameworks (Not Mandatory at this Level)

When you have sound understanding of HTML/CSS/JS then you can explore other frameworks so that you can work on more powerful applications as well as enhance the user experience of your site and also can improve the look and feel of your site

Popular Frameworks

It is a component based framework and is widely used in the industry

Lightweight and Easy-to-understand

Feature-rich but exhibits greater complexity

Just learn your plain JS until you get the confidence, after that select one and start to dive deeper.

Learn Backend Fundamentals

If you are looking for Full Stack Development, let’s Focus on The Backend now.

Choose a Language

Ideal for beginners

Clean syntax, great for fast prototyping

These are also popular depending on the project

Learn

How to Work with Servers and Routes

Databases (SQL such as MySQL or NoSQL such as MongoDB)

REST APIs and how to use them

Authentication(login/sign-up systems)

Understand Deployment

After creating your website, it’s the time to share it with the world

Frontend Deployment

Nice for static websites

Easy CI/CD for frontend apps

Backend Deployment

Render, Heroku, Railway, or Fly.io for full-stack apps.

Improve your sites with a little professional guidance by understanding domains, hosting and DNS

Join Developer Communities

You don’t need to take this journey alone. Become active in communities for learning, networking and feedback.

Ask questions, post your work, and learn from the experiences of others

Create a Portfolio and Start Freelancing or Looking for a Job

After producing a number of good quality projects, put them on a portfolio site

What to Include

Begin applying for internships, freelance jobs, or entry-level positions. There is no doubt that working for free in the beginning gives you actual world experience

Keep Learning

These days the technology is evolving rapidly, and there is always something new to learn

Be curious, and don’t be afraid to break things and learn to fix them

Final Tips

Slow but steady wins the race

Solve one small task at a time

Read less and build more

Read blogs and newsletters and follow Twitter/X handles. Keep visiting us too

You’ve been from “Hello World” a long way! Be proud for that.

Conclusion

Beginning your web development journey may seem daunting, but it is totally doable as long as you approach it with the proper mindset and plan. Keep learning it to switch career paths to web development or picking up a new hobby, every line of code you write is one step closer to becoming a web developer

Happy coding!

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