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Posted by Anders Thomsen
Anders Thomsen
1,995 Points

Moving on from Web Development

Hi guys.

Just finished the first "how to build a website" part of the Web Designer track and now want to get going with either PHP or Ruby... but it seems like I need to go through a lot of the same stuff again in order to get to new content. Is this really the case? or can I somehow "get credit" for having done a lot of the basic stuff and then just move on to the new topics?

Adam Sackfield
Adam Sackfield
Courses Plus Student 19,663 Points

I would advise you do a few more of the html/css courses before attempting to tackle RoR/PHP. Both languages will utilize a lot HTML/CSS

3 Answers

Steven Deutsch
Steven Deutsch
21,046 Points
Steven Deutsch
Steven Deutsch
21,046 Points

Hey Anders,

Like Adam said, I also think you should continue on the Web Design track before moving forward to PHP/RoR. At the very least I would recommend completing "Deep Dive: HTML" and "Deep Dive: CSS Foundations". The deep dives cover a lot of HTML/CSS that you weren't exposed to in the first project and go further in depth regarding the material you learned already.

Good luck whatever path you choose to take!

Kazimierz Matan
Kazimierz Matan
13,257 Points
Kazimierz Matan
Kazimierz Matan
13,257 Points

Agree with Adam and whoswho. I knew many things regarding HTML and CSS before coming to Treehouse. I have also made few websites before. But this Web Design track (a whole of it, with HTML, CSS, JS, Photoshop, Illustrator, Business and SEO) was useful for me. This track tidied up, systematized and expanded my knowledge. Novice or Intermediate - it's worth to pass this course.

Anders Thomsen
Anders Thomsen
1,995 Points
Anders Thomsen
Anders Thomsen
1,995 Points

HI guys, thanks for providing your input. I will keep pushing web design, from a code perspective, but dont see myself using any of the image / illustration based applications (I have a friend doing that). Have a great weekend

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

You may want to switch to the front end development track then if you will primarily be doing coding. This will prepare you better for moving onto the server side stuff.