to mod, or admin: feel free to move or delete this thread.Web Development Survey Questions:(don't have to answered them all) Web Development - 1) What made you, or why did you want to learn it? 2) Did you learn it by yourself? 3) How long had you learned it? 4) How and where did you learn it? 5) How difficult was it for you at first? 6) How difficult is it for you now? 7) Was it worth the time spent learning about it? 8) If others ever wanted to start learning about it for their very first time, what's best way do you think they should learn it? â– Ranging from 1 - 10 (beginner to master) rate yourself on how you think you're good at for each of the followings: - HTML - CSS - Javascript - PHP - MySQL Edit: lol, I'm asking because I'm taking a web design course in my next college semester. Sorry if this is a lame survery.
1-Yes 2-Yes 3-Yes 4-Yes 5-Yes 6-Yes 7-Yes 8-Yes HTML 5 CSS 3 Javascript 2 PHP 12 MySQL 25 Hope this made your day, hehe. (This post has no value)
1) What made you, or why did you want to learn it? - I wanted to make a website of some kind. Forget what, I was 13 at the time. It was a horrible site, I even had a big <MARQUEE>. 2) Did you learn it by yourself? - Yea kinda. Lot of help from other people online - deathshadow and Dan Schulz primarily. I miss some of the chats back in the olden days. 3) How long had you learned it? - Even when I got a good hold on everything, I was still learning. Still am - it never stops. 4) How and where did you learn it? - On a computer at home - 256MB RAM and a Pentium 3. Learned primarily by referencing (w3schools - don't actually follow the tutorials, but I find the tag reference is the best available), having various people to tell me what I was doing wrong and to offer advice. 5) How difficult was it for you at first? - Not very. I was a teenager, I always thought I knew everything and that I was awesome. And everytime I learnt something new I kept thinking the same thing. 6) How difficult is it for you now? - Very. I got so out of habit and have just been getting back into it the last few weeks. HTML5 and CSS3 are still new concepts to me and I have to figure out exactly when, how and if to use the "features" they bring. From what I've learnt about HTML5 I doubt I'll ever use it. 7) Was it worth the time spent learning about it? - Yes. It was fun, if nothing else. Though also financially in the long run. 8) If others ever wanted to start learning about it for their very first time, what's best way do you think they should learn it? - From the ground up. Learn what things are before even attempting to use them - IE so you know that tables are meant to be TABLES and not layouts. What headings and all of that are for. HTML - 9. Being a bit generous here, but I know all the tags, what they do and how to use them even if my execution is a little slack, there's a lot more to (x)HTML than meets the eye. CSS - 6. Probably used to be much better and as I tend to not want to compromise aesthetics, some of my CSS is not as flexible as it should be. Still in the process of relearning. Javascript - 7. Pretty good at this. I detract points because I'm no good at doing smooth graphical things (such as accordions or other gimmicks. PHP - 7. 9 on a good day. I have a pretty strong C# background, but I find it helps more with JS than PHP. SQL - 5. Notice I say SQL, not MySQL. I try and use standard SQL for most query writing (to keep things cross platform) and then use PHP Data Objects manipulate whatever database backend I'm using. Usually I use PostgreSQL, with MySQL being my backup option. SQL has A LOT of complexities and depth to it that most users will never, ever touch on. And a lot of it goes over my head.
This thread can be used for inspirational purpose and for case study, about how web developers have struggled to shine on top position in their respective domains. So, it seems to be a nice move.