"Web Developer Basics"

Cale Cabrera — Tue, 04 May 2021 00:17:48 +0000

Web Developers ABC 👶🏻

Every single developer in the world or at least every developer I've met on my journey, when you ask them "Where should I start if I want to become a web developer?" They all will tell you "HTML, CSS and JavaScript". So, let's break it down!

HTML 1️⃣ 🧡

First, our dear friend HTML. Most people say HTML is the "skeleton" of your website and I agree. HTML allows you to structure and give a shape to your page, like the skeleton of your body. It is really important to learn and absorb it completely, you must be able to understand how it works and how to manipulate it for sure.

CSS 2️⃣ 💙

Beautiful and stylish CSS, the perfect words to define CSS. If you have a skeleton, so, you need a skin on it, a tool to beautify this hollow and empty skeleton. Once you master it, once you are able to apply content box, animations, flexbox, grid, etc. Probably, you think you're a master of CSS, let me broke your little heart and tell you that there's a wonderful world beyond CSS, from preprocessors such as sass, stylus and less to frameworks such as bootstrap, materialize, tailwind and so much more to learn. Don't worry, I promise you it's really cool.

JavaScript 3️⃣ 💛

Last but not least, JavaScript. If HTML is the skeleton and CSS the skin, what is JavaScript? JavaScript my friend is the essence of the body for me. It's what brings life to your static and boring website. JavaScript has the power of adding more fun and dynamism to any website. Simply beautiful.
After a while using JavaScript and doing some dynamic pages, you'll ask yourself if there's a way to create more complex websites such as Facebook, YouTube, Netflix and even Only Fans 🙀 Just kidding, but yes. Here's where frameworks come out! React, Angular and Vue are the most popular and probably one of the frameworks you'll use sooner than later. Front-end frameworks are a really helpful and valuable tool for web developers and I'm pretty sure I'll be writing a post about in the future. For now, JavaScript is more than enough and a MUST for you.

That's it, is it? 🤔

To sum up, do not be scared of technologies, love them indeed. Doing your own research and find out what's your favorite and what you'll be using to grow as a web developer. Master the basics and go further. 🚀

What about you? Do you start learning HTML, CSS and JavaScript? 👀

Your buddy,
Cale ⌨🖱

Hello world :)

Cale Cabrera — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 21:41:25 +0000

Hello world!

I'd love to introduce myself into the dev community 🖤. I've been around reading posts for a few months and I believe it's time to start sharing my knowledge and experience.

Who I am?

First of all, I'm Cale. A 21-year-old boy, currently studying Computer Engineering Technology in Canada🍁, I'm originally from Venezuela though.

Programming has changed my life. Since a I was a child I started to develop curiosity about computers and "hacking" 💻. I was so sure what I wanted to be that I started to study by myself since and I'm pretty proud of my decision.

Currently, I'm learning and improving my HTML, CSS, JavaScript and React skills every day. I want to become a front-end developer 👨🏻‍💻, aspiring to Full Stack Developer though.

Why am I starting to write? ✏📚

I've learned about experienced developers, the best way to learn is teaching, sharing and helping others. I've learned so much reading posts from developers I don't even know and I believe it's my turn to help others developers ✨.

Gratefulness 🤍

Thank you so much to all developers out there sharing their journey and knowledge. I truly believe I'm taking a good decision joining this loved community.

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