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What skills do you need to become a web developer?
To be a good web developer, you need a subset of skills that can be put into the following broad categories:
Problem-solving skills
Technologies
Design principles
Problem-solving skills
As a web developer, your main job will be to come up with solutions to problems. You’ll use user stories to guide your development process.
An example of a user story is, “Alex should be able to log in to the web application using their Gmail account.”
You then need to write code that helps Alex achieve the above goal. This might include steps like:
Designing a button for Alex to click.
Ensuring that the button redirects Alex to their Gmail account.
Redirecting Alex back to the application.
Giving Alex access to the application.
The above steps will involve a number of technologies.
Technologies
Whether you end up being a frontend, backend, or full-stack web developer, it helps to understand the entire web development process.