Getting a job as a self-taught web developer
- Food for thought
Web development is a highly competitive industry — in fact, arguably one of the most competitive in the world today — and if you’re looking for a job as a self-taught developer, especially online, you’re going to feel the pinch even harder.
Can you still make money as a web developer?
- Food for thought
Aspiring web developers must take a great initiative to differentiate themselves from their growing number of capable, international colleagues.
Why are Drupal websites always so clunky and ugly?
- Drupal
Inherently, Drupal produces the same end result as any other CMS does when rendering a web page. Markup languages such as HTML5 are universal — Drupal doesn’t do anything differently (or uglier), in that respect. So why are so many Drupal sites ugly?
Is commenting your code a waste of time?
- Food for thought
If a line of code can be easily understood without the need for a comment, then omit the comment and invest that time in writing great code instead. If your code can’t be understood without a comment, try considering whether you’re coding efficiently and assess what could be changed.
Is cross-browser testing still necessary in 2019?
- Food for thought
Regardless of the advancements in front-end web technology, it’s still imperative that web developers continue to test their sites cross-browser, and also across different devices.