Aremu Smog paints the big picture of what it takes to become a web developer with tips on Code and No code approaches like Webflow and Wordpres

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JULY
2020
WEB DEVELOPMENT
the big

2. fullstack dev
Aremu Oluwagbamila (SMOG)
Making “MAD User Interfaces” come alive
at FourthCanvas, Sharing tips and stories
on web development at web-boss
ex-designer

3. Designers and anyone
interested in switching
careers to web dev
Who is this talk for?
Total noobs

5. WEBSITES
vs
WEBSITES

6. Duration: 6hrs (June, 2020)
CASE STUDY 1: DearDesigner Mentorship (mentorship.deardesigner.xyz)

7. Duration: 6months (January - July, 2020)
CASE STUDY 2: Tiantia (tiantiafoods.com)

8. Basic web terms you should know
Domain
This the name of a website (e.g
fourthcanvas.co,web-boss.com.ng)
Hosting
Your files, images, videos, etc stays on a
server(host) - the process is hosting
Frontend
The parts of a website you can see
and interact with
Backend
Everything that happens behind the scene
(database, server connection, etc)
Content Management System (CMS)
A content management system is a software application that can be used to
manage the creation and modification of digital content

9. WEBSITESWEBSITES
Built with Page Builders and Con-
tent Management Systems like
Wordpress, Webflow, Wix
Built with sorrow, blood and tears
(I mean codes: Frontend, Back-
end, etc)
There is limit to the kind of web-
site you can build - mainly in
terms of functionality though
You can build any kind of web-
site you want (I prefer to call
these kind of website products)
Relatively low learning curve: you
can learn how to use a tool like
Wordpress, Webflow in like a
month or so
Relatively high-learning curve as
you will see in the roadmap we
will go through later on - TBH, the
learning never really ends. Read
story on web-boss.com.ng

10. wordpress
in 2020?
Not neccessarily but a no-code approach
such as Wordpress, Webflow is actually
a tangible skill have.

11. Here is what I mean
More websites will be
built in the future without
touching a single line
of code
The code approaches are getting better and will
only get better - there was a time platforms like WordPress
were only content-driven without any preference to design
(i.e you just slap your contents on a theme)
I have being building
websites for over 5years
and I have made more
money with Wordpress

12. I have built these using this approach
fourthcanvas.co
training.illumania.org
do-it.com.ng
mentorship.deardesigner.xyz
trouveargent.com

13. any
questions
so far?

14. roadmap
to becoming
a fullstack
developer

15. CSS
Frontend
HTML
Javascript React, Vue...
Hypertext Markup Language is
used to create the bony frame-
work of a website.
This is a programming language
for adding interactivity to your
website.
These are Javascript frameworks
intended to make your life easy
while developing websites.
Cascading Stylesheets used to add
colors and format the layout of a
website to make it appealing.

16. let me
show you

17. Backend
Frameworks
PHP, NodeJS, Python, Go, etc
Laravel, Express, Django
Database
SQL(MySQL), NoSQL(MongoDB)
Programming Languages

18. Other things...
Hosting
Version Control
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery

19. The learning never ends, there will be
new frameworks, new approaches, you
must be proactive and ready to learn
Read the story of how
I spent six months to build
a three page website on
www.web-boss.com.ng/blog

20. My thoughts on becoming a web developer
The no code approaches will get better
and more popular, so will the people who
can use them: will you then be able to charge
well for your services? Yes, if you can sell yourself
Whether you are building from scratch or using
a NO-CODE approach, mastery takes time.
Rehearse, rehearse and rehearse.
Code is Poetry

21. Further thoughts becoming a web developer
You can’t be richer than the system that pays
you, don’t become a labourer - think of ways
to solve unique problems.
If you want to become a mid-level engineer
or a senior engineer, do what those people
are doing - Prosper Otemuyiwa
Every project is a chance for you to prove
yourself - pay attention!

22. so... should
designers
learn how
to code?

23. Absolutely NO
That’s like asking a pharmacist to learn surgery,
it’s not their job - they can if they like but
honestly, ko necesstri

24. IG TW @aremu_smog
I will take
any other
questions now
thank
you

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JULY
2020
WEB DEVELOPMENT
the big