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Posted by Jack Kasbeer
Jack Kasbeer
1,076 Points

The future of web dev

Is it worth my time to learn back-end programming languages when it seems like Wordpress and Weebly are somewhat taking over the web development industry (that isn't associated with a large, specific company). Obviously Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. aren't going to use templates, but generally for a self-employed web developer (even though it's temporary), what should I be doing after I've mastered (take this lightly) a lot of the front-end development?

Thanks

3 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

There's a lot of JavaScript in front-end work so you can probably never have too much JavaScript.

I'd say you would be well served to learn about Wordpress as it is taking over the world. Since Wordpress is written in PHP a lot of Wordpress customization requires PHP.

Jack Kasbeer
Jack Kasbeer
1,076 Points

Thanks! That's very helpful. Same goes to your other comment on my other post hah

Tom Lugo
Tom Lugo
8,571 Points
Tom Lugo
Tom Lugo
8,571 Points

I've found that clients/companies really like "Full-Stack" developers. Having knowledge of both front-end and back-end are crucial for staying competitive. I'd recommend learning foundational knowledge of PHP/Ruby and other back-end languages and then jump into frameworks like Laravel (PHP), Rails (Ruby) and even some JS frameworks like backbone or angular.

You don't want to run into the problem of having a client hand you a $50 Wordpress theme and not understand how to fully customize it.

Jack Kasbeer
Jack Kasbeer
1,076 Points
Jack Kasbeer
Jack Kasbeer
1,076 Points

My man.. Perfect answer.

Thank you!

Tom Lugo
Tom Lugo
8,571 Points

No problemo, good luck!