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hellojebus | 7 years ago

What kind of projects do you want to working on? You have the basic building blocks: HTML, JS, CSS, and PHP. It's time to build stuff!

You can use PHP to build a backend REST API using the Slim or Lumen frameworks. You can do the same with JS using Node's express framework. Deploy on Heroku to get started for free, and no I don't work for them.

Maybe learn a little bit of database architecture and deploy that using AWS RDS. Free for a year! Google has a similar option.

Or maybe you want to be cutting edge and setup a GraphQL server with Apollo or Prism! Up to you.

With JS, you can learn React, Vue, or Angular and consume the API while generating UI's for the user. Use Netlify for your front end deploys! It's free for personal projects.

Build a few projects that aren't basic "calc", or "weather" apps. Maybe create your own user authentication system with oAuth2, heck even JWT.

Download a UI Kit from ui8.net so you don't have to design from scratch. This will make your project look legit when you showcase. (Mostly not free, but good investment)

I hire a lot of engineers, I look at their work but also the design of the project (even if they didn't design it)

Good design establishes legitimacy, even if it's demo app!

Keep building, looking for jobs, and eventually you'll land one.

Finally, start calling yourself a web developer today. Congrats.

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