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Posted by Tristan Gaebler
Tristan Gaebler
6,204 Points

What's the right track?

I just finished how to build a website on the rails track. I feel that I want to learn more front-end dev. Which track should I start with for front end dev? Web-design? Front-end dev?

2 Answers

Ben Falk
Ben Falk
3,167 Points
Ben Falk
Ben Falk
3,167 Points

Web Design focuses a bit more on the aesthetic/design/user experience side of things, and the tools you'd need to create designs (Photoshop and Illustrator, for example). The Web Dev track focuses a bit more on the coding. If you go to the Tracks page and click on the "Explore" button, you can see an overview of the different topics covered.

Daniel Veremchuk
Daniel Veremchuk
31 Points
Daniel Veremchuk
Daniel Veremchuk
31 Points

I'd finish up to Aesthetic Foundations in the Web Design course, and then do Front End Development if you're looking for that. I think it's extremely important to lay down a great HTML/CSS foundation before doing Javascript.

I've been coding for a while, but I didn't teach myself properly from the beginning, and instead just learned bits and pieces that were convenient to me. Build a solid foundation, then just see where things take you.