How to Become a Web Developer - Things You Need to Learn - STEP 5 - Server Side Programming
Welcome back to the step 5 my how to become a web developer series. In my last step, I talked about where next to go after learning HTML/CSS, JavaScript etc and I talked about learning a front-end framework which emphasis was laid on bootstrap. You can check the previous step HERE.
In this part of the tutorial, I will talk about moving further to learning Server Side Programming and there are a list of languages you can use for Server Side Programming
PHP : This may not be the best programming language in terms of structure, but it is still rocking solidly and its never loosing its fans and users. PHP is a strong language and it is being used on all the huge websites and it works pretty well with relational databases like MySQL. PHP is also used in all the popular Content Management Systems like WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. It is also used in one of the most popular E-Commerce Content Management System(Magento) .
Source: WikipediaNode.js : This is a new framework which is very exciting and also powerful. It is not a language but a JavaScript Runtime. With the knowledge of some JavaScript, you are good to work with Node.js. You also need to understand some fundamentals of Server Side coding and how it works. Node.js is a good choice if you know JavaScript.
Source: WikipediaRuby on Rails : This a great framework but has leveled off. It is very powerful and with Ruby on Rails, you can build advanced web applications but the problem is that it has leveled off a little bit and the community is kind of quiet on the interim. If you may learn Ruby on Rails, its pretty cool, but don't learn it first.
Source: MytechlogyPython : This programming language is quite easy to learn but it is not very popular. Python works more on scripting type task.
Source: python.org
Recommandation:
Based on my level of proficiency, I will suggest going with PHP or Node.js
Note: Many people may not agree with my opinion, but its pretty cool. People are entitled with their opinion. If you are really new into this system, I will advice you follow this guide, it worked for me and many others and I believe it will work pretty well for you as well.
Ultimately, I will suggest you learn PHP first when it comes to Server Side Programming because that is what I did. Then, with your little knowledge on JavaScript as I advice you learn it in the second step of this series, you can dive into Node.js after being grounded in PHP, thence you can see the similarities and differences between the both of them.
Source: crispinfox
Server Side Languages is the key to working with databases and building huge web applications, this is the key that unlocks your potentials of being a web developer. Hence you must take this part very serious and be good at whatever language you choose to learn.
Source: CloudWays
Permit me to draw the curtain here as I prepare to introduce you to Databases in our next step. Thanks for sticking around.
Related Topics
- How to Become a Web Developer - Things You Need to Learn - STEP 4 - Where Next to go
- How to Become a Web Developer - Things You Need to Learn - STEP 3 - Deploy A Website
- How to Become a Web Developer - Things You Need to Learn - STEP 2 - JavaScript
- How to Become a Web Developer - Things You Need to Learn - STEP 1
