12-19-2010, 06:19 AM
Jamie, I like your enthusiasm.
First off, majority of people do not profit much off web developing unless they have tons of experience under their belt. Just like a lot of other industries it's a difficult job to make good full time cash off of.
To start, I would very much recommend looking into learning HTML / CSS at first. This will get you into basic web development and teach you how to setup a basic web page and design it. Then from there, I would recommend taking the route of learning PHP. PHP is used in a lot of websites. This website for example is developed in PHP. PHP is also a rather easy language to learn compared to many other programming languages. However, programming in general is rather difficult to learn and only a certain type of person can really get into it if you want to do it professionally.
Also, I would recommend going to college for it if it's really what you're into. Learn how to maintain the webserver too and you have even more money rolling in.
In short,
Learn HTML(Took me 3 days to master it when I was 13, seriously it's really easy)
Learn CSS(Also rather easy to learn, although I'm not a good person at colors and design)
Learn PHP(This is difficult. I've been trying to learn this for the past 5 years of my life on and off and I'm still no expert. I would give it your best shot though, it's fun learning it).
From there on out I would start developing a portfolio to get yourself started so people will say "Oh, I like this website can you make one for me?".
A good thing about website development is that you don't have to leave your house to get to work. The bad thing is that there are millions of other guys willing to do the same work as you...it'd probably be a self-employment situation.
Anyways off with my rants, http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp that site is where a lot of people begin learning HTML.
Enjoy,
Brandon
First off, majority of people do not profit much off web developing unless they have tons of experience under their belt. Just like a lot of other industries it's a difficult job to make good full time cash off of.
To start, I would very much recommend looking into learning HTML / CSS at first. This will get you into basic web development and teach you how to setup a basic web page and design it. Then from there, I would recommend taking the route of learning PHP. PHP is used in a lot of websites. This website for example is developed in PHP. PHP is also a rather easy language to learn compared to many other programming languages. However, programming in general is rather difficult to learn and only a certain type of person can really get into it if you want to do it professionally.
Also, I would recommend going to college for it if it's really what you're into. Learn how to maintain the webserver too and you have even more money rolling in.
In short,
Learn HTML(Took me 3 days to master it when I was 13, seriously it's really easy)
Learn CSS(Also rather easy to learn, although I'm not a good person at colors and design)
Learn PHP(This is difficult. I've been trying to learn this for the past 5 years of my life on and off and I'm still no expert. I would give it your best shot though, it's fun learning it).
From there on out I would start developing a portfolio to get yourself started so people will say "Oh, I like this website can you make one for me?".
A good thing about website development is that you don't have to leave your house to get to work. The bad thing is that there are millions of other guys willing to do the same work as you...it'd probably be a self-employment situation.
Anyways off with my rants, http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp that site is where a lot of people begin learning HTML.
Enjoy,
Brandon