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Future Skills for a Budding Web Designer?

Posted by Cliff on from the what-should-I-learn-next? dept.

ericdfields asks: "One of my lifetime career goals is to establish myself on some decent level or another as a well-rounded, (mostly) standards-based web designer with some backroom web development knowhow. The problem is I have no clue where to begin. HTML, CSS, JavaScript are an obvious start, but what about other web-driven languages? PHP, XML, SQL, Perl... the list goes on. Should I be looking to grab hold of some Flash and Director skills? What abilities will be needed on the horizon that I can get an early start on learning today?"

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  1. Most important things to learn... by Seumas · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's important to know how to use the french fry timer, so your fries don't burn. Also, you will eventually need to know how to operate the cash register. Fortunately, they usually have pictures of the items on the keypad, so it should be a quick study for nearly anyone.

  2. Before any of that. by oddman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Make sure that you have a good grasp of graphic design and layout/text editing. The best web-designers know more than just the techincal skills, they also know what a good looking page is supposed to look like. Most people are surprised that there are real and time-tested design standards. Violate them and no amount of techincal knowledge will make a webpage look good.

  3. Re:....JavaScript? by GeorgeH · · Score: 5, Insightful

    JavaScript, used correctly, is good. Look at all the compliments Google gets on GMail and Google Suggest or what people are doing with unobtrusive DHTML.

    If anything you should be encouragine this guy to write good JavaScript so you don't have to put up with the bad stuff.

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