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Anonymous asked in Computers & InternetProgramming & Design · 1 month ago

Can i learn web development in college? Is it difficult to learn?

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  • 4 weeks ago

    The short answer is no. These days, having a degree in computer science is not a requirement to find a job in web development. There are many ways to teach yourself online or offline (more on those below) to acquire the knowledge needed for starting out as a developer.

  • 4 weeks ago

    Learning and working in web development takes effort and time. So you're never really done with the learning part. It can take years to master the skills of a good web developer.

  • 1 month ago

    It is very easy and you will love it. this is not a difficult things to do at all.

  • 1 month ago

    Yes.

    But, not all colleges offer it. Check the on-line catalogs of colleges in your area to see if they offer web development. If they do, look at the courses and degree programs. If you are interested, make appointments to talk with the programs' advisers. 

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 month ago

    You can teach yourself.  Web pages are written in HTML, CSS and Java Script.

    You start off by learning HTML and CSS.

    This web page will teach you and it is free:

    www.w3schools.com

    Here is your first lesson in HTML. Copy and save as  .html and it will open in any browser.

    <!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Page Title</title></head><body><h1>This is a Heading</h1><p>This is a paragraph.</p></body></html>

  • 1 month ago

    Colleges do teach classes in web development.  As each person learns at a different rate and has skills in different areas, it is impossible to guess if learning web development will be easy for you or not.

    I found it to be easy.  I picked up a book back in the early 90s and started developing sites with HTML (no CSS yet) and Notepad as my only tool for doing the programming.  I had the fundamentals down with a few hours of starting to work with it.

    But I have also seen people who after weeks of training are still clueless on how to do web development.

  • Anonymous
    1 month ago

    You can teach yourself the basics without college. One of my kids was designing websites at 14, entirely self-taught. The only thing she didn't do was payment systems.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 month ago

    The problem with learning something like that in college is that colleges don't keep up with technology. Probably the best way to get into that business would to be to go to a technical school to learn the basics and then get a job, starting at the bottom, of a company that does that sort of work, and then learn on the job.

    I'm a digital special effects artist. A college couldn't afford the systems I work on in the first place, and even if they did manage to buy one or two systems, who would they choose to teach? Plus, the software changes ALL THE TIME, and so does the tasks I'm asked to perform.

    College is not the place for the technical arts. Anyone who could teach you the craft is working in the field, not teaching at a college.

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