I would like to learn more about web design in general be it html, css, javascript, php, wordpress and php etc. I have been learning web design for 8 months in my spare time and I would like to try and get some experience working with some professionals already in the industry. What would be a dream for me right now would be to voluntarily work with some web designers on the weekends so that I can further my knowledge. I feel like tutorials online are good in the sense that they are good for the basics. For example if you are new to javascript then you can easily find a tutorial online that teaches you all about the basics like declaring a variable, what a object is etc but What I feel a lot of learning resources don't do is put what you have learnt into a actual situation. So for example if I was asked how to code a website with a store and have a members that can login and post comments I wouldn't have a clue where to start. I find it hard to find a tutorial where I can develop a full website like this. I guess I would have to learn things step by step like first how to make a store and then how to have members on your site. I guess a few questions that I could take from above would be.... 1. Do you guys have any resources that you can send me too that I can learn general things that you think web designers should know? I have tried out teamtreehouse, codecademy, udacity, w3schools and some youtube videos. 2. What can i offer a web design company in trade for me just being there looking over there shoulder so that I can learn from them? Offer to clean there offices every week for free? make tea? lol 3. How can I become a good web designer? How have some of you guys learnt what you know? I don't want to go to university yet so thats out of the question.
if u can afford a pc and internet at home ..then u can learn each n every bits of webdesign and build a portfolio of urself,... then u can apply for real jobs in those webdesign companies where u dream to make tea and clean office.. and forums like this and many others are great place to learn webdesign.. specially when u get stuck .. most companies wont give u chance to learn things as far as i know