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How To Be A Web Developer

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Here at Graffiti Recruitment, we meet many people who would like to learn web development and launch a new career but simply don’t know where to start. Should you learn to code? Get experience at a startup? Come up with an idea for your own business?

When you’re not in the tech scene, it can seem almost impenetrable, we should know. But we’re here to tell you it’s really not so hard to get the skills you need to become a programmer if it’s something you really want to do. With the right support, motivation, knowledge and experience your career in tech is within arm’s reach.

In this post, we’re going to discuss what steps to take and in what order to take them when you’re first starting out learning to code & get that new career in motion.

 

Want to Learn To Code?

  1. Have A Goal

Decide what you want to create. Do you have an idea for the next big social network? Do you have an idea for a great app? A useful tool that you’ve always needed and not found anywhere? If you think there’s a need for it and it doesn’t already exist, you can be the one to create it. Your app might be something that your family / job / journey to work has inspired you to create. For example, top model and longtime coder Lyndsey Scott created an app for her ‘book’ – the portfolio of photographs, campaigns and experience that models take along to fashion castings to give casting directors an idea of what they’ve done before. The app is called iPort, which allows models to upload their ‘book’ or portfolio onto an iPad. She said:

“I built that app because it was something I personally needed,’ she said. ‘My book always ends up looking terrible, the books fall apart, the pages are tearing, it’s dirty, and it’s a mess.”

If you’ve noticed a gap in the market or a need that hasn’t yet been met, that’s where your app or website could come in.

 

  1. Learn To Code

Many of us first learned to code using Codecademy and lots of other free online tutorials. You will also need the support and expertise of someone who has already been there. It is for this reason that we suggest getting a mentor. While you are learning to code it’s crucial to have someone you can ask direct questions to about the small, fiddling things to do with programming, but what’s also invaluable is having someone on-hand who can give you advice in your career, help you build a portfolio or find work. As David Shariff, Senior Engineer at Yahoo said: “Don’t settle for knowing a concept, roll your sleeves up and dig as deep as you can.”

 

  1. Google For Solutions

Someone once told me that when you’re learning how to program you really learn how to Google stuff like a pro. This is a key skill as a developer. All of the answers you need to any question you might have you will find online, but knowing HOW and WHERE to find them is the tough part. You need to learn exactly which search terms are going to get you the answers you need, whether you find them on GitHub or StackOverFlow or on some obscure forum. When you understand how to Google for things you’ll find learning code will be much faster. It is part of the learning process to get from problem to solution in as little time as possible – and when you are under pressure in a real, working environment this skill will be invaluable.

 

  1. Copy Cool Things

Copy cool things you find on great websites like widgets, videos, parallax images etc. (do view source on a page). Add it to your code. Then try to understand what it is doing. This is a great way to learn any new skills and impress your friends by having something advanced to show at a relatively early stage in your learning. Websites like TryRuby are great for practicing what you’ve learnt directly in your browser without having to download any software.

 

  1. Showcase Your Work

When you are pitching to do a job as a web developer you’re not asked to show your certificates, you’re asked to show what projects you have been part of creating already. This is why it’s really important to build up a portfolio of work – websites, apps, code, to show in your interview. You may also be asked technical questions in your interview, so it’s good to be prepared – read up on websites like StackOverFlow, ask questions on there and answer questions if you think you can. You’ll be building up a profile and reputation while you’re doing it. The best way to showcase your work to employers is to set up your Github page and or Website of your own and showcase your projects from there.

 

Next Steps

So what’s your next step? Do you need to get some experience at a startup, buckle down and learn to code, or start putting together a portfolio for future job interviews? Maybe you need more advice on some more about the subject and career prospect, in which case you can call one of our team on 0330 2233 047 or if you have already experience as a Web Developer check out our latest jobs here and apply now. 

 

careerfoundry –  ROSIE ALLABARTON

How your Business can benefit from HTML & CSS

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What is HTML?

HTML stands for Hyper Text Mark-up Language. HTML5 is a revised version of the original HTML standard created in 1990 by the World Wide Web Consortium to define an Open Web Platform.  HTML is a language used for structuring and presenting content on the Web consistently, across web browsers. HTML5 is the evolution of that standard to meet the increasing demands presented by today’s rich media, cross device and mobile internet access requirements.  As such, it is a great candidate for cross-platform mobile application development, as many of its features have been adapted with the consideration of running on low powered devices, such as Smart Phones and Tablets and providing web developers with tools like CSS3.  Importantly whilst running within a web browser, (as HTML5 does) it is not tied to the underlying operating system, freeing applications from the significant development and support overhead of multiple native applications (e.g. iOS, Android, Blackberry etc.)

HTML5 is already supported in the latest web browsers on PCs and tablets and the number of these products being produced increases rapidly every year. This increase means that it is impossible to ignore the importance of HTML5 when considering your mobile site. Indeed, in some B2C and retail ecommerce client implementations, 40% of visitors are accessing sites on mobile devices; this is only going to rise.

 

What is CSS?

CSS stands for ‘Cascading Style Sheets’ and is the language of design for web pages, giving site designers the ability to suggest how their site documents are styled. CSS is interpreted by all graphical web browsers regardless of device or operating system. It allows a logical division between the structure of a web page, (handled by the HTML) and the way it should look. CSS can be used to tailor the appearance of a web page specific to a particular device or screen size. In short, CSS is the language used for implementing front-end web design.

 

Advantages of HTML5 and CSS

Using HTML5 and CSS3 provides advantages to businesses that develop and deploy web content and web applications, to create refined and accurate web pages and web systems that operate across devices, operating systems and web browsers. Write once, run anywhere.  The plethora of devices, operating systems and screen sizes present numerous design, functional and layout considerations and problems if standards are not adhered to.

 

Advantages of HTML 5 & CSS3
  1. Cost effective Multi-Platform Development

A single batch of code can be used across platforms, devices and different markets; this is an advantage because it results in lower development and maintenance costs over the web site or web application’s lifetime, enabling you to use your resources elsewhere. Current best practice for cross platform (e.g. IOS and Android) application development is a ‘hybrid’ approach, whereby web standards are followed within a native application ‘wrapper’ that can be placed in the iOS or Android store.  The LinkedIn ‘Application’ is one of the best examples of a mobile web site, widely considered to be a great ‘app’ that is not an ‘app’

  1. Good page ranking

If the foundation of a website is not semantically accurate (i.e. unreadable, non-standard based code) then the page itself will not attain a good rank within serahc engines. No amount of Content Marketing in conjunction with Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) will make a difference to rankings if your page is not well structured HTML, easily readable by the Search Engine, in a logical document structure. HTML5’s new elements can be relied on when sites are being re-indexed on search engines, as specific mark-up features of HTML5 are of value when search engine results pages (SERPs) are being calculated.  Search Engine Land outline well the main benefits that HTML5 offers in terms of content mark-up and SEO.

  1. Offline browsing

In a similar way that ‘apps’  can be used offline, without an internet connection, HTML5 supports local storage of web application code and content, through the offline application cache. This is a tremendous advantage to businesses, like publishers, who can provide an offline web experience for readers on the move. The offline cache also produces significant performance enhancements as more of the site or system code and content is accessed quickly, locally.

  1. Consistency across multiple browsers

Not all browsers support all web pages or web applications; however, the implementation of HTML5 and CSS3 helps the designer to create a compatible site or system within all browsers.

  1. Better mobile access to Business Intelligence

Future development of HTML5 applications may lead to better access to business intelligence as all devices that are compatible with HTML5 will have the same ability to collect, collate and use data using standard (cross device) browser based analytics tools.

  1. Extension of video to a wide range of platforms

According to studies, nearly two-thirds of web video was already encoded for HTML5 in 2010, and one of the biggest benefits for marketers now is that HTML5 has native video support and can be directly built in to the supporting browsers which allow faster, high-quality video’s to be distributed. The inclusion of direct video content on a web page can also impact positively on SEO, as it is unique, engaging and therefore is included in ‘quality content’ that search engines are looking to send users to.

  1. Geolocation

HTML5 supports geolocation. Once a user opts to share their location an HTML5 application can use the user’s location. This can be of primary importance when developing location based services or apps.

  1. A better user experience

HTML5 offers a wider range of design and presentation tools across media types, giving the developers greater scope to produce a better web sites and web applications. This is vital from a business point of view, as user engagement and retention is key to increased site and system use and conversion. Creating an accessible and usable site or system means that users will be more likely to engage.

 

Conclusion

Both languages represent numerous opportunities in web development for businesses that develop and deploy online content and web applications. Overall, by using both of these tools in your businesses’ web development you can optimise your users’ web experience, provide a solid foundation for your SEO and content marketing strategy and significantly reduce your cross-platform web development and support costs whilst increasing your reach and optimising web experience.

Do you already have knowledge regarding HTML & CSS languages? Our latest job role might be just right for you. Check it out by following this link!

 

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Why Every Software Programmer should learn C#

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C# is a general-purpose programming language designed originally by Microsoft in order to be used for application development within the Microsoft Platform.

C# is an extremely popular language because of its easy and well-designed usability. For any developers looking to start building applications for the Microsoft platform, C# is a must-know language!

 

Beginner Friendliness

Simple to Get Started With

C# was designed to be simple and easy to use. Since C# is a high level language, it reads somewhat closer to English. In addition, C# abstracts away (i.e. handles for you) most of the complex details of the machine (computer) so you can focus on programming instead of worrying about the little details many consider both tedious and difficult.

If you’re planning to get into C# game development, then Unity is also designed to be easy to get started with as well.

Slightly More Complex

As a lower level language than very high level languages such as Python, it may take time to learn everything about C#, and sometimes it may take a bit more code to get some working prototype. However, as you get a hang of things, C# will become easier.

 

Scalability

Easy to Maintain

A statically-typed language, which means your code will be checked for errors before it gets built into an app. Errors will be easier to track down, and since statically-typed languages are also more strict with how you code something, the codebase in general will be more consistent and thus easier to maintain as it grows in size and complexity.

Fast

As a statically typed language, C# is faster than dynamically typed languages because things are more clearly defined. Thus, when the app is running, your machine’s resources will not be wasted on checking the definition of something in your code.

Community

First of all, community size is important, because the larger a programming language community is, the more support you’d be likely to get. As you step into the programming world, you’ll soon understand how vital support is, as the developer community is all about giving and receiving help. Moreover, the larger a community, the more people will be building useful tools to make development in that particular language easier. As of now, there are over 600 notable programming languages world-wide.

So, with that context in mind, let’s get into the details of the C# community size.

Meetup Communities

At meetups, you can generally network and learn from fellow developers in real life. Meetups often offer mentorship to those who want it as well. There are hundreds of groups dedicated to the programming language which you can join online. In terms of programming languages, C# has the 7th largest Meetup community.

What’s more, Unity is the most popular game engine that is cross-platform compatible, and it has a very large community with over 4.5 million registered developers and the greatest global market share in terms of game engines (45% so far). The Unity forum is extremely active, so if you want to develop games or virtual reality apps, Unity is a great choice where you’d easily be able to get support and also have access to tools built by fellow Unity developers.

Endless Career Opportunities

16% of the top 100 million websites are powered by the ASP.NET framework, of which many might be using C#, so there are some opportunities in enterprise-level backend development. However, tech giants mainly use Java for its better portability and tools. Nonetheless, if you know already C#, it shouldn’t be too hard to pick up Java if push comes to shove.

With the rise of indie game development, C# developers are likely to have better opportunity, since Unity has pretty much become the de facto game engine for indie game development.

Future

As C# was developed by Microsoft to build apps on the Microsoft platform, Microsoft will likely make sure to keep C# relevant and updated.

A programming language’s ability to stay relevant and survive also depends on whether the language is getting new blood. In terms of search volume according to Google Adwords, C# has a healthy number of search volume and is the 5th place in terms of the programming language people are most interested in learning.

Interest in learning the programming language grew by 22.2 ％ in 2015 and continues to rise every year!

Virtual Reality will likely continue to be a big thing, and independent game development will continue to grow in popularity. Since Unity is a major player in VR/game development, C# has a pretty optimistic future.

 

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