In this deck I will look at the foundations of the web and focus on the core technologies and concepts anybody who wants to become a web developer should know. Even if you are an experienced developer it’s worth spending a little bit of time going back to basics and making sure you have a rock solid foundation. If you know and understand all these concepts you should be able to build any static website. Later on we will look at web frameworks, server side programming, data visualisation and more. For now we are focusing on the basics.

1. that stands out from the crowd
How to
become a web
developer

2. I’m not gonna lie to you, becoming a
good web developer isn’t easy.

3. Knowing a little bit of HTML, Javascript
and CSS isn’t enough.

4. It’ll take time but you can teach
yourself everything you need to know.

5. If you put in the effort and focus on
the right things you will get there.

6. Build a solid
foundation

7. Even if you are an experienced developer
it’s worth going back to basics.

8. HTTP - The
transport
layer

9. Every single thing you do on the web
is built on top of HTTP

10. When learning HTTP make sure you
understand:

11. How the request/response model
works.

12. The stateless nature of the web.

13. Cookies and their purpose.

14. The HTTP verbs and the difference
between them.

15. HTTPS and certificates.

16. Caching and all the places it could
occur

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18. HTML - The
content layer

19. HTML is a markup language that
describes the content you produce on
the web.

20. It's combined with CSS in your
browser to display information.

21. HTML should be used to describe the
structure of your document.

22. Not what it looks like! That’s what
CSS is for…

23. CSS - The
presentation
layer

24. Cascading style sheets are used to
dress up your content.

25. CSS tells the browser how you want
your HTML rendered.

26. Since CSS is fairly simple it’s easy to
pick up the basics by fiddling around.

27. This often means you try random
stuff until it works or you just give up.

28. If you have had this experience you are
not alone.

29. Mastering a few basic concepts will
help you understand what’s going on.

30. Concepts like:

31. The box model

32. How CSS relates to the DOM

33. Specificity, inheritance and cascading

34. Absolute vs relative positioning

35. Absolute positioning inside relative
positioning

36. CSS layout techniques

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38. Javascript -
The programming
layer

39. This will be your hardest task by far.

40. First you need to master Javascript

41. Then you need to become a good
programmer.

42. It's a hard road, but you can get there.

43. This book will help.

44. Javascript the good parts
Douglas Crockford

45. So will this lecture

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47. This is the first step in your journey
to becoming a web developer.

48. It’s a very important one though

49. Understand the basics.

50. It will be worth it in the long run.

51. Good luck!

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