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Jess Pendley
13,128 PointsI was told to start a dev portfolio, but I'm lost.
I was recently told that it was time to start developing a portfolio. It's pretty easy to find suggestions on building a web design portfolio, but when it comes to web development, there's a dearth of info.
I'm working toward a career in PHP and Javascript Dev. Any suggestions on where/how to start would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time. :)
4 Answers

Sam Chaudry
25,519 PointsHi Jess get a GitHub account and upload some Javascript solutions or PHP solutions to problems that people maybe having when building web applications. You can link them to your linked profile that would be a good way of getting started

Jason Founts
Courses Plus Student 14,384 Points+1 Sam. Was going to recommend github as well. Just FYI Jess, your github link in your treehouse profile is broken.

Jess Pendley
13,128 PointsIt should be fixed now. I'm just starting to get my feet wet with Github - I actually only have a profile at the moment because of my job - but I am working toward adding more to my account. It's a little intimidating. :3

Sam Chaudry
25,519 PointsHi Jess yeah spot on, just code snippets that you can save in sublime text as solution.js or solution.php. and just upload them and add read me notes so if someone logs on they can see what you've done and download them and incorporate it into their web applications.
Hope that clears things up a little...

Jess Pendley
13,128 PointsIt definitely does, thanks!
Jess Pendley
13,128 PointsJess Pendley
13,128 PointsThanks for the reply Sam! I know this is going to sound a little ignorant, but what do you mean when you say upload Javascript and PHP solutions. Do you just mean common code snippets that people might find helpful?