Why you should learn web development in 2021
By: Ankitkumar Singh
Tags: Web, Thedevankit, Web Design, JavaScript, Web Development

why and how you can learn web development in 2021.

2020 is the year of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Quantum Computers, and A year of Elon Musk who’s breakthrough ideas lead the world towards Mars and self-driving cars. This year Rust, Python, JavaScript become much more popular amongst developers than last year, and a lot of new technologies are introduced, for example, gpt3 etc.

Yeah! And 2020 is also a year of covid19, which brings drastic changes to our life. It changes the way we used to work, used to travel, and the way we used to study. It totally reforms our life and the way we were living. Most of you are thinking that the outbreak will end in 2021. But as per experts, it’s going to be with us for a long time. So, now we have to live with the changes it has bring.

There are two ways to look at this year, and that might be different for different people. First, one is looking at this year with a positive perspective and a year full of learning , growing and embrace the change through which we are going. And another one is taking it as the worst year of the decade and blaming it for not achieving goals set at the beginning of the year. Let’s decide and let me know what you think. Now lets talk about web and lets find the reason to learn web development.

10 Reasons to learn about web development in 2021.

The number of internet users is increasing day by day. As per Wikipedia data from 2019, 53.6% of the world’s population has internet access. Multiple websites are hosted every day. That leads to an increase in the number of visitors to websites. More users mean more data is consumed by users via browsers. And this is the reason behind the fact that Web Development is going to be in demand for the next decade as well.

Web development does not just contain the designing part, but it also enables new trends in the market. We have Web designers, User Experience Designer, and Back-end developers. Even Native Application Development requires some kind of experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. So, here are some reasons I found why Web Development is much required in today’s developing world.

The web applications are more reliable and accessible than native applications. Native applications require to have the app store on their devices wait for the downloading. After that, the users can access the content. Whereas in web app’s you have to use a URL to access the information. Browsers are getting more powerful with each passing day. Presentation of content and user experience are in exploring your services is crucial. With good design, we can present our information effectively and keep user engagement alive on the web.

(Check here what your browser can do: https://caniuse.com/) There are fewer performance and compatibility issues with the web compare with native apps in which hardware changes directly affect the user experience and performance of apps. Easy access, Easy to search, and SEO optimized web apps can target the biggest and broadest audience than native apps. Web Development has introduced some new terms such as UI/UX Designer, Front-End developer, mean stack developer, and full-stack developers, Which lead towards more opportunity in the market. The development and maintenance cost of a web application is less than native apps. Integrating payment options, third-party API integrations are much more flexible and cost-effective. This means you can easily monetize your web apps. Frameworks like Angular, React, and Vue will be more popular and powerful with time. Knowing web development will boost your resume, which means more job opportunities. And fun fact JavaScript developers are one of the highest-paid developers in the world. With Ionic and React Native, you can build cross-platform applications very easily. Furthermore, PWA apps are a hot topic in the web development industry. ML, AI, Robotics, and many other domains need a front end to connect with the user, Moreover knowing web development will always boost your overall Application Development skills. Web Development is cool. No more waiting time, no more compilation time. Just write code and see the magic of colors in your browser.

Now, I know You know why to learn web development, and Now the question is how. You have to ask two questions to yourself before you start learning anything. Why you want to learn that particular thing/ technology/tech stack and How to learn it. So, I hope now you have a good idea about why you should learn Web development in 2021.

Let’s see how you can start your career in web development with free of cost resources.

How to get start with web development ?

Learn HTML / HTML5 Learn CSS / CSS3 JavaScript Bootstrap (Start if you have a basic idea of the above 3) Learn some other front end framework such as material design by Google(Not hard to learn, Be consistent in the learning process) For server-side, you can start with Python or PHP as it’s easy to learn. The syntax of PHP is similar to C/C++ syntax. Server-side languages you must be familiar with

Node JS

Python Flask /Djang

PHP frameworks Start with building mini projects and make sure to get complete hands-on with this technology. Spend at least 7 days consistently in your project work. Build mini-projects but keep your goal higher than normal. Try your best to convert your mini project into a production-ready application. Take active participation in online web development challenges, And Hackathons give you one hundred percent to win them. Update your LinkedIn profile as a Web Developer. Build your digital portfolio, show your work to your friends, peers, seniors, etc. Build a network of people from where you will get a customer and references, Which will help you to start earning with Web Development skills.

Now we are in the last section of this blog. I’m going to share a list of YouTube channels that will help you to boost your tech skills and learning path. Here is the list of YouTube channels for learning web development for free of cost.

Nptel Adam KHOURY Coder’s Guide Brad Hussy CodeGeek Codeonce Google Web Designer. Design Course Learn web code Php academy The newBoston EDX The Net Ninja Freecodcamp

To learn and enhance your experience and capabilities you can learn from these Free Cost Resources. You can refer to courses on YouTube (from where I started my learning journey), Udemy, Edx, Coursera, Udacity NanoDegree Programmes, etc.

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