The Best Way to Get Started with Web Development

A lot of people want to get started with web development they just don’t have any clue where to begin.

A quick google search will leave you paralyzed with all the possible options to choose from what types of languages you should learn to how to learn them.

There’s:

• Frontend development
• Backend development
• Bootcamps
• Online tutorials
• University Programs
• MOOC’s

How do you know what to do!?!

How to Get Started with Web Development

This week I chatted with Brad about how he should get started with web development. Brad has a background in real estate BUT he’s trying to determine if web development is a good option for him.

The problem is he’s not sure which path he should take. He’s taught himself a little bit of code from freecodecamp.org and has recently found The Odin Project.

He’s ready to keep moving forward but doesn’t want to misstep and potentially waste a lot of time going in a direction that won’t be fruitful for him long term.

Start With a Project and Work Backwards

I gave him the same advice I give everyone: pick a project to work on and learn as you go. You learn so much more from actually doing a real-world project than you do learning from some type of educational program.

Going the project route gives you actual context for what you’re learning rather than a sterile environment where if you get stuck you raise your hand and your teacher comes and bails you out.

Project-Based Learning Isn’t Easy But It’s the Most Fruitful

I’ll be honest, learning web development by starting with projects definitely isn’t an easy route. BUT, you just prolong truly understanding if you try to avoid frustration when you’re learning.

In fact, there is no real learning without frustration.

So, be prepared to get frustrated BUT realize you’ll know more once you’re finished with your project than some computer science majors know after they’re finished with their degrees.

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