We are about to start a new year and I have put together a guide for current and aspiring web developers to follow to get an idea of what it takes to be a full stack developer. From basic tools to html/css, JavaScript, UI frameworks like Bootstrap, server side technologies like Node.js, Python and PHP, frameworks like Laravel, Django and Ruby on Rails. I tried to include the most used technologies and give you the options to choose from with some of my own opinion and input.

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Web Development
In 2018
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A Practical Guide

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Before We Start…
 This is a guide to web development technologies and your options
 Based on both fact and opinion
 Look other places for guidance, not just this video
 Decide what type of developer you want to be before anything
[Full stack developer, front-end, web designer, back-end engineer &
API creation]
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Tools & Software
 Text Editor VSCode, Atom, Sublime Text
 Good Browser Chrome or Firefox
 Image Editing Photoshop, GIMP, etc
 Deployment Tools FTP client, SSH tool
 Cloud Storage Optional Dropbox, Google Drive, etc
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HTML / CSS
 Learn before ANYTHING else
 Building blocks of the web
 Every website uses both
 Easy & quick to learn
 Learn the core fundamentals & basics of Flex and/or Grid
 Responsive layouts are VERY important
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Basic Vanilla JavaScript
 Basic JS [NO FRAMEWORKS!]
 Data types, functions, conditionals, loops, operators, etc
 DOM manipulation & events [NO JQUERY!]
 Ajax / Fetch API / JSON
 ES2015+ (Arrow functions, promises, template strings)
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Deploying a Basic Website
 Shared hosting [InMotion, Hostgator, etc]
 Learn the basics of cPanel [Creating email accounts, FTP,
etc]
 Upload a site with FTP [FileZilla]
 Register a domain name and learn about DNS / Name
Servers
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Web Designer / Basic Front End Dev
 Build simple websites & UIs
 PSD / AI -> HTML / CSS
 Some dynamic UI with JavaScript
 Choose to be a freelancer or a very entry level position
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Where To Next? [Depends]
 HTML / CSS Frameworks Bootstrap, Materialize, etc
 Frontend JavaScript Framework React, Angular, etc
 Server Side Language / Technology Node.js, Python, etc
 Database MongoDB, MySQL, etc
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HTML / CSS Frameworks [Choose One]
 Twitter Bootstrap 4 General framework, most popular
 Materialize CSS Primarily a UI/UX framework
 Bulma Easy to learn syntax, No JS
 Zurb Foundation Alternative to Bootstrap
 Skeleton VERY light boilerplate
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Front End JS Framework [Choose One]
 React Popular for startups, fast, Redux, JSX
 Angular Popular in enterprise, full featured, NgRx
 Vue.js Fast, light, easy to use, Vuex
 Aurelia Light, feels like vanilla JavaScript
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Side Technologies You Should Learn
 GIT Version control
 Basic Command Line Folder navigation, file creation, etc
 APIS / REST Learn how REST APIs work
 HTTP / SSL HTTP requests, HTTPS
 CSS Pre-Processor Sass or Less
 Webpack & Babel Module loader & JS compiler
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Server Side Technology [Choose One]
 Node.js Fast, scalable and powerful
 Python Popular, rapid development, great integration
 PHP Practical, easy to deploy – Wordpress & Laravel
 Ruby Rapid development, strong community
 C# & ASP.NET Very powerful, Microsoft
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Database [Choose One]
 MongoDB NoSQL, non-relational, suggested for Node.js
 MySQL Popular relational database
 PostgreSQL Powerful but a bit more difficult than MySQL
 SQL Server Microsoft’s implementation of SQL
 Oracle Heavily used in enterprise
 Firebase Cloud database maintained by Google
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Server Side Frameworks [Choose One]
 JavaScript Express, Hapi.js, Adonis, Loopback, Swagger
 Python Django, Flask, Web2py, Pylons
 PHP Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter, Yii2
 Ruby Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, Nitro
 C# .NET
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Content Management Systems
 Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla [PHP]
 Great for clients
 Thousands of plugins / addons
 Fast development
 Can be limiting
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Dev Ops & Deploying Applications
 Dedicated Server / VPS
 Cloud Hosting – Digital Ocean, Heroku, Amazon Web Services
 Cloud Storage – Amazon S3
 Working with SSH & command line
 Server maintenance & software updates
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Mobile Applications [Choose One]
 React Native
 NativeScript
 Ionic
 PhoneGap / Cordova
 Xamarin
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You Are a Full Stack Developer!
 Create simple to advanced web applications [Front & Back end]
 Create secure REST APIs
 Deploy & maintain applications
 Administer databases
• You should now be able to get a very good job or run your own business
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Biggest Changes From Last Year
 New technologies [Grid CSS, Fetch API, Materialize, NativeScript]
 More focus on full stack and REST APIS rather than server rendered
views
 More focus on vanilla JavaScript in addition to frameworks
 Single Page Applications
 Python & C# over PHP
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What Now?
 Focus on your career and whatever technologies your company uses
 Learn other languages / stacks in your spare time
 Stay up to date with trends & technologies
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