Zammetti Frank / Замметти Фрэнк - Web Development Career Master Plan / Генеральный план карьеры веб-разработчика [2024, PDF/EPUB, ENG]

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Preface xv
Part 1: Introducing the Basics of
Web Development
1
So, You Want to Be a Web Developer, eh? 3
What even IS a web developer?! 4
Digging deeper into being a web developer and building websites 5
How in demand are web developers? 9
Show me the money! 12
But is a job in web development right for you? 13
You gotta be a puzzle master 13
Creativity to the max 13
Attention to detail for fun and profit 14
Alone or in teams, it all matters 14
Keeping up with the times 15
Rolling with the punches 15
Finding what you need 15
Being patient and handling failure 16
Do you need a degree? 17
Examining a typical day in the life of a web developer 18
The duties of a web developer 19
A typical day 20
Understanding the one truly invaluable skill: logical thinking 21
Problem-solving 22
Scalability 22
Team collaboration 22
User experience 23
Error handling 23
Security 23
Testing 24
Data flow 24
Resource management 25
Debugging 25
Documentation 26
Adaptability 27
Decision-making 27
Communication 27
That’s all great, but can logical thinking
be learned? 27
Exploring the different types of
web developers 28
The (very) basics of the internet and the web 28
Two sides of a coin – frontend and
backend developers 29
And the, uhh, third side of the coin – fullstack
developers! 31
Another way to classify web developers 31
Learning with, and from, others 32
Boot camps 33
The personal touch 34
On-the-job learning 34
Introducing the roadmap 35
Summary 36
2
Bridging the Divide – Client (Frontend) versus
Server (Backend) Development 37
Technical requirements 37
Understanding the client
(the frontend) 38
Dissecting HTML 38
What about that Hypertext part?! 44
Dissecting CSS 45
Dissecting JavaScript 48
Creating the DOM 53
Understanding the client-server model 55
Understanding the server
(the backend) 56
Getting started with Node 57
Creating a project with NPM 58
Writing the server 59
Defining web developer types and
job titles 60
Frontend developers 60
Backend developers 61
Full-stack developers 61
Understanding job titles 62
Reviewing the roadmap 65
Summary 66
3
Expanding the Foundations – Building a User Registration Page,
Front to Back! 67
Technical requirements 68
Connecting over a network 68
Understanding IP 68
Understanding TCP 69
Understanding HTTP 69
Building an interactive
web app – the frontend 71
Building a registration page 72
Building an interactive
web app – the backend 79
Introducing Express 79
Adding dependencies 80
Adding scripts 82
Writing the server code 82
Adding Express middleware 83
Exploring a different
approach – single-page apps 89
Improving developer productivity
through automation 90
Writing a new kind of client 91
Writing a new kind of server 96
Loving your new
best friend – DevTools 98
Reviewing the roadmap 101
Summary 102
Part 2: Expanding Your Knowledge Base
4
Managing, Securing, and Working with Code 105
Technical requirements 105
Controlling the code – source control
management systems 106
Introducing SCM 107
Accepting the false choice – Git it is! 108
Getting started with Git 109
Using the most common Git commands 109
GitHub – Git, but nice 119
Thinking like a hacker – securing
the web 120
Common exploits 120
Secure coding practices 122
Working all in one place – IDEs 126
VS Code 127
Visual Studio 128
Eclipse 130
IntelliJ IDEA 130
Understanding the
operating system – Linux 131
The structure of Linux 132
Basic commands 133
Security and the one “weird” Linux fact you
need to know 134
Linux for web developers 135
Reviewing the roadmap 139
Summary 140
5
Understanding the User Experience, Deployment Options, and DevOps
141
Technical requirements 142
Understanding what makes a website
look pretty – graphic design 142
Understanding key graphic design areas 143
Understanding the Gestalt Principles 144
Ensuring it doesn’t just look good but
also works well for everyone – UX 148
Key concepts of UX 148
Considering accessibility 152
Flexing with responsive design 154
Progressing with progressive enhancement 158
PWAs 160
Virtualizing the world – VMs
and containers 161
Understanding VMs 162
Using VMs 164
Understanding containers 166
Using containers 167
Learning basic Docker commands 168
Key differences between VMs and containers
and choosing between them 171
Keeping your head in the
clouds – cloud providers 172
Introducing cloud providers 173
Understanding cloud types 174
Recognizing key services 174
Who even needs the cloud or even servers? –
Serverless 176
Taking back control – DevOps 177
Understanding the key aspects of DevOps 177
Determining the benefits of DevOps
(and some negatives) 179
It’s not all about HTML, CSS,
and JS – Python 180
Reviewing the roadmap 183
Summary 184
6
Exploring Modern Frontend Development 185
Technical requirements 186
Abstracting away the basics 186
Meeting the modern frontend tools 188
Meeting React 189
Meeting Vue 198
Meeting Angular 201
Boosting CSS capabilities 204
Examining Bootstrap 204
Examining Tailwind 206
Transpiling and data typing 208
Introducing Babel 210
Introducing TS 210
Packing up and going – bundlers 215
Reviewing the roadmap 218
Summary 218
7
From Front to Back – More on Backend Tools and Technologies 221
Technical requirements 222
Getting to the heart of
the matter – data 223
Relational databases 223
NoSQL databases 229
Basic CRUD operations 231
Building web APIs with REST, Node,
and Express 232
Introducing REST 232
REST in practice 233
Building your first REST API 234
Testing the API with Postman 239
Going back to the future – SSR 242
Using PHP on the server side 244
Building with Java and Spring Boot 246
Introducing Java 246
Writing a Java app 247
Introducing JSPs and servlets 248
Introducing Spring and Spring Boot 250
A simple Spring Boot web app 251
Introducing .NET 253
Generating a Hello World web app 253
Using Python web app frameworks 257
Django 257
Flask 259
Reviewing the roadmap 260
Summary 261
8
Writing Less Code – CMSs, No-Code Solutions, and Generative AI 263
Introducing WordPress 264
Key features 266
Understanding the technical perspective 268
Getting to know Drupal 269
Key features 272
Understanding the technical perspective 273
Throwing away coding
altogether – “no-code” solutions 274
Introducing some popular no-code solutions 277
Utilizing artificial intelligence 278
Generative AI 279
GitHub Copilot 282
Reviewing the roadmap 286
Summary 287
Part 3: Getting and Keeping a Job
and Growing a Career
9
Landing Your First Job 291
Understanding the FAANG/non-
FAANG divide 292
Calibrating your FAANG expectations 293
Comparing tech companies to
non-tech companies 293
Using the web to become
a web developer! 294
Using job hunting sites 294
Going directly to company sites 295
Building a network 296
User groups and meetups 298
Perseverance is key 298
Polishing your resume to a
glistening sheen 299
Building a solid resume 299
Accentuating what you have 302
Having repos, portfolios, and
samples to show 303
Building websites 303
Building a GitHub repo 303
Building a portfolio of sample work 304
Understanding a typical web
developer interview 305
Understanding the structure 305
Preparing for coding interviews 307
Dealing with the stress 309
Presenting the best you 310
Protecting yourself 311
Handling common
interview questions 312
Tell me about yourself 312
Why do you want to work here? 312
What are your greatest strengths? 313
What is your greatest weakness? 313
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 314
Why should we hire you? 314
Describe a challenge you faced and how you
overcame it 315
How do you handle stress or pressure? 315
What are your salary expectations? 316
Do you have any questions for us? 316
Remembering that it’s not
all about work 317
Loving your work too much 317
Sussing out bad companies 318
Reviewing the roadmap 319
Summary 320
10
Discovering the Keys to Quality Work as a Web Developer 321
Sweating the small stuff 322
Staying in the moment 323
Exercising your Google-Fu 324
Recognizing MVP sites 328
SO 328
MDN 332
Tooling around – other tools to know
about and use 335
SCA tools 335
Linters 336
Stylers 337
Using the best tool of all – you! 339
Multitasking (like a CPU
on the wind!) 342
Keeping notes 343
Time-boxing 343
Deferring and Do Not Disturb 344
Final thoughts 344
Reviewing the roadmap 345
Summary 346
11
Reviewing Soft Skills (They Make You Hard to Deny) 347
There’s no “I” in “Team” 348
Helping where you can 348
Being kind when being critical 349
Taking responsibility 349
Being proactive 350
Being honest, always 351
Being social without being TOO social 351
Learning never stops 353
Specializing versus generalizing 353
Determining your learning style 354
Building personal projects 356
Moving beyond smoke signals with
good communication skills 357
Shopping in the marketplace of ideas 360
Exploring the Agile software
development methodology 361
Going over the falls in a barrel: The Waterfall
methodology 361
Being Agile in your development projects 363
Hybridizing Waterfall and Agile 368
Reviewing the roadmap 369
Summary 370
12
Growing Your Career 373
ABC – Always Be Coding! 374
Viewing Source is your friend 377
Thinking like a hacker 380
Certifying your greatness 381
Are they worth getting? 382
Specific certifications to pursue 383
Keeping up with the Joneses 387
A List Apart 387
Daily.dev 388
dZone 389
Hacker News (Y Combinator) 390
InfoQ 391
SD Times 392
Technology Radar 393
Giving back to get back 395
Open source contributions 395
Presentations 396
Blogging 398
Technical reviewer for authors 398
Writing books yourself 399
Mentoring 400
Advanced positions to aspire to 400
Senior developer 401
Technical lead 402
Architect 402
Development manager 403
Director of engineering 403
Vice president of technology 404
Chief technology officer (CTO) 405
Chief information officer (CIO) 405
Reviewing the roadmap 407
Summary 408
Index 409
Other Books You May Enjoy 422