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Web-designing- career

Dec 6, 2007 1:18AM PST

Hai ! Good Day !

I have completed my graduation. I am interested in Web-designing. I have little idea of HTML, JAVASCRIPT, FLASH, CSS. I do refer some of the tutorials reg these over inet. I Want to create a cool website on my own. For this what are the subjects that I must be familiar with, and how depth? Can I create it by learning the relevant subjects over inet, or should I need to attend the comp classes at centres. Any ideas for creating a website is appreciated. Can I choose this field for my future settlement. How long would it take for me to become a web designer. Hope I can work for Freelancer job works over i net.

Thanks in Advance.
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Re: webdesigning
Dec 6, 2007 3:46AM PST

That depends.

- Given a good CMS (content management system) there's not much need to know HTML or CSS.
- There are quite a lot of interesting sites that don't use Flash, and quite a lot of sites that use Flash where they better wouldn't because it's unfunctional and slowing down the site.
- Javascript isn't really necessary for basic sites.
- With Java applets you can do much more than with javascript or vbscript.
- Any really interactive site must use server based coding (like ASP, PHP, Perl, .Net) for server based functions.
So the things you must know heavily depend on what kind of site you want to make.

And you can learn about all of those on the net, from books, in classes or by learning on the job.
I'd say that my average IT-student after 4 years of study (after completing high school) can get a job as junior webprogrammer. With the right tuition, help from more experienced colleagues and hard work they can be senior programmer in some 5 to 7 years.

Maybe it's better to go working in the field you graduated in.


Kees

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Dec 6, 2007 11:29AM PST