I'd appreciate the web gurus here to enlighten us (especially freshers like me) the necessary softwares, plugins, etc that you should learn to be able to build functional interactive sites. Yawa-tide, Greenmouse, dhtml and other gurus, your contributions will be highly appreciated. Thanks.

Step 1:
XHTML, CSS, Javascript.

Step 2:
A back end language like PHP, JSP, etc

Step 3:
SQL, MySQL, SQLServer, etc

Software:
NotePad, NotePad++, Dreamweaver, Eclipse

Others, feel free to chime in.

Opensource like Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress - Plugins development, etc

OP: I would make learning the above, step 4. Also note that even if it takes you a week to learn each of the steps, you still need months/years of experience to get to be a "professional"...and once you get there, it never ends - you will need to continuously stay up to date on the latest technologies otherwise you will become obsolete before you know it.

Good luck, and do report back on your progress!

yawa-ti-de:
Step 1:
XHTML, CSS, Javascript.

Step 2:
A back end language like PHP, JSP, etc

Step 3:
SQL, MySQL, SQLServer, etc

Software:
NotePad, NotePad++, Dreamweaver, Eclipse

Others, feel free to chime in.

Thnks a lot. I knew u'd do it for me. Is it possible to get some video tutorials on these?

mj: Opensource like Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress - Plugins development, etc

Thanks mj. How necessary is it, learning Joomla or wordpress with the likes of css, jsp, etc?

There should be plenty of tutorials on youtube. I have found the weirdest videos on there so finding videos on coding shouldn't be a problem

If you dont have access to fast internet connection downloading videos on youtube is not advisable most especially here in Nigeria. You can get those tutorial for 200naira at computer village. When you understand web designing and programming you will need to work faster and deliver on time and budget, that is when CMS like WordPress, Joomla, Joomla,etc comes to play.

with d way most of these technologies are becoming obsolete i think its best u go open source n fast...but u must hv basic ideas of what she listed... but d greatest requirement that u should possess Is creativity n ability to add something extra to ur clients other than a web address.....just saying

el_nino: with d way most of these technologies are becoming obsolete i think its best u go open source n fast...but u must hv basic ideas of what she listed... but d greatest requirement that u should possess Is creativity n ability to add something extra to ur clients other than a web address.....just saying

Thanks.

yawa-ti-de:
Step 1:
XHTML, CSS, Javascript.

Step 2:
A back end language like PHP, JSP, etc

Step 3:
SQL, MySQL, SQLServer, etc

Software:
NotePad, NotePad++, Dreamweaver, Eclipse

Others, feel free to chime in.

At what stage do you think one can start learning/using dreamweaver? I wl rili apreciate ur rsp.

well, what we code and a text editor go hand in hand from day 1. I have used dreamweaver but not as a pro. I just use it to edit/create my files (basically I stay in text editor mode). I would say, learn what I have taught you in text editor mode first then learn the intrigues of dreamweaver next. Why? Because one day you might find yourself without dreamweaver. What would you do then?

Please can someone help me with a E-book or link to get a e-book that will give me the beginner's basic knowledge on web design.
Thanks

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