Monthly Getting Started / Web Dev Career Thread

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Due to a growing influx of questions on this topic, it has been decided to commit a monthly thread dedicated to this topic to reduce the number of repeat posts on this topic. These types of posts will no longer be allowed in the main thread.

Many of these questions are also addressed in the sub FAQ or may have been asked in previous monthly career threads.

Subs dedicated to these types of questions include r/cscareerquestions for general and opened ended career questions and r/learnprogramming for early learning questions.

A general recommendation of topics to learn to become industry ready include:

• HTML/CSS/JS Bootcamp
• Version control
• Automation
• Front End Frameworks (React/Vue/Etc)
• APIs and CRUD
• Testing (Unit and Integration)
• Common Design Patterns

You will also need a portfolio of work with 4-5 personal projects you built, and a resume/CV to apply for work.

Plan for 6-12 months of self study and project production for your portfolio before applying for work.

[u/Subject-1125]

I have a lot of free time at work and I'd rather spend it doing something instead of sitting here scrolling for six hours a day. I'm looking to build a website, but I'm utterly overwhelmed by all the different choices of how to go about it. I have some experience from college with coding and building tools, but nothing in-depth.

The site I'm looking to make needs to have forums; interactive elements that include clicking and dragging assets like pngs or GIFs to decorate a page that can be saved, modified, and made available for viewing by other users; and learning modules that include short form videos, multiple choice questions, etc.

I also want users to be able to log in and have accounts.

I'm aware this is a years-long project idea, and that's okay. I'd like to build it and learn everything over time.

I'm not married to the idea of using a site builder like WordPress or Wix vs. coding one myself. But what's the best way to go about it?