swshaun
12-02-2009, 05:55 PM
Hello there folks,
I have become fed up with my day job and fancy a major career change.
Having done web-design and coding in my spare time for 4 years or so, I have acquired quite a lot of knowledge along the way which I think might give me a stable basis for perhaps applying for a job, and what I am seeking here today is not a job offer, but opinions on what constitutes a good web developer, and whether people think that my skills are good enough or need polishing.
I am conversant in the following:
-- XHTML
-- CSS
I am aware and code to the W3C standards for XHTML, and make heavy use of CSS to design my sites, ensuring style and content is separated
-- Javascript
I have written many forms with advanced functionality, including a simple form which passes an order through to PayPal, as well as scripts to manipulate the DOM.
-- PHP
-- MySQL
I have a website with a Content Management System
-- Basic XML and XSLT
-- Regular Expressions
I have written a script which turns formatted data (by parsing the information using Regexes) into XML, and then applies styling rules using XSLT
I am very aware of the differences in behaviours between each browser (IE, Mozilla, Opera etc), and that workarounds for each browser may be required to get cross browser operation.
Also, I have produced my own graphics using the GIMP.
I am in the throws of rebuilding my personal site at the moment (which has all of my past projects on it).
Would these be a decent grounding, or is there anything more that I should be learning?
Be honest with me. I shall put up a link to my site when I get it up and running again.
Thanks in advance
Shaun
I have become fed up with my day job and fancy a major career change.
Having done web-design and coding in my spare time for 4 years or so, I have acquired quite a lot of knowledge along the way which I think might give me a stable basis for perhaps applying for a job, and what I am seeking here today is not a job offer, but opinions on what constitutes a good web developer, and whether people think that my skills are good enough or need polishing.
I am conversant in the following:
-- XHTML
-- CSS
I am aware and code to the W3C standards for XHTML, and make heavy use of CSS to design my sites, ensuring style and content is separated
-- Javascript
I have written many forms with advanced functionality, including a simple form which passes an order through to PayPal, as well as scripts to manipulate the DOM.
-- PHP
-- MySQL
I have a website with a Content Management System
-- Basic XML and XSLT
-- Regular Expressions
I have written a script which turns formatted data (by parsing the information using Regexes) into XML, and then applies styling rules using XSLT
I am very aware of the differences in behaviours between each browser (IE, Mozilla, Opera etc), and that workarounds for each browser may be required to get cross browser operation.
Also, I have produced my own graphics using the GIMP.
I am in the throws of rebuilding my personal site at the moment (which has all of my past projects on it).
Would these be a decent grounding, or is there anything more that I should be learning?
Be honest with me. I shall put up a link to my site when I get it up and running again.
Thanks in advance
Shaun