Posts Tagged ‘web design’

I’m a senior computer science major and would like to get into web design. I have basic familiarity with programming languages such as Java, C++, COBOL, etc., and am pretty adept at HTML and CSS.

I wanted to find out what I should focus on learning if I intend to persue a carreer in web design in the next year or two.

What programs, languages, and concepts make up the primary areas of focus these days in web design? What are the most important aspects to understand?

My understanding is that these are very important:
Flash
Dreamweaver/Frontpage
ColdFusion or .NET (database connectivity)
Graphic Design Techniques
HTML, XML, PHP

I wondered how those of you that are actually working in the field would change my list?

Is there a particular order of concepts that would help me learn it best (a curriculum, if you will)?

I’d appreciate all the help I can get in understanding what direction to go in. There’s so much to learn, and I really don’t know where to start.

I need to make a professional looking website for my wife’s photography business, but I’m not really sure what I need to be learning. I learned HTML 10 or 12 years ago, but I haven’t kept up with web design coding since then. I would like to be able to write the code for a flashy looking site, but I’m just not sure what I need to be learning. Flash? XML? Something else?

I just finished 4 classes in web design xhtml & CSS. I hope to learning how to nifty websites for nonprofits and artists, and maybe for handhelds. Which class would be the best one to take next?