WHAT
EVERY EMPLOYER WANT IN A WEB PROGRAMMER
Good day, Brave programmers,
It will take a while to explain this piece but, if you have
the time….kindly stays with me.
You will find it’s worth it.
I
decided to write about this, because of how I have failed in almost all
programming interviews that I have gone for. I lost most of the jobs because I
do not have this knowledge and apparently there was no one to share them with
me. Am glad am doing this with us. Hopefully, it will be of help to someone
within the brave coder’s community.
A lot of us are not aware of what
an interviewer demands from us, as a web programmer. But do not feel bad, it is
very normal. That is why i establish brave coders community. But, i will really
suggest that we become up to date with what the market require of us. Some of us don’t even know the best
programming language to learn when it comes to monetizing our skills. And it is
imperative we do make relevant research on it.
I have gone through a lot of programming jobs and their
requirement; I notice the demand of all web development company. So, I decided
to compile a list of what is required of you as a programmer:
1. KNOWLEDGE
OF OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
Do you mean OOP?
Yes,
OOP.
The
importance of object oriented programming cannot be over emphasized in the
programming industry. I will state out how important it is. But I won’t detail
it for the benefit of this write-up.
I have a more in depth article on that.
Below
are few of the significant of OOP:
·
OOP can reduce the number of lines of code.
Therefore you do not have to bother yourself writing the same codes over and
over again. In functional/procedure programming if you write codes of about
2000 characters, in OOP it will be as low as 1000 character. That is one good
improvement OOP has over procedure coding.
·
OOP keeps codes modular which makes it easier to
maintain.
·
It is easier for another programmer to work on
your project without stress.
2.
ABILITY
TO USE ZEND FRAMEWORK
The Zend framework contains a
series of component (built using PHP 5) that manages many common task in web
application development:
·
Zend Form: makes form handling and processing
easier.
·
Zend Mail: makes email functionality easy to
create in PHP.
·
Zend Db Adapter:
to connect to databases.
·
Zend PDF: allows you to easily create and edit
PDF document.
As such, I think it makes real
logic to learn the Zend framework. Due
to zend powerful structure and flexibility most firm require you as a web
programmer to be able to use this wonderful tool efficiently.
#NOTE: even if you do not want to work under anyone.
Developing these skills will give you a cutting edge over your competitors. Tom
has rightly said, “A better way to fail is to do what everyone does.”
3. A GOOD
DESIGNING SKILLS
A good designing skill is deeply essential.
You need to have a good, out of the world designs when you are presenting your
portfolio to the firm in which you want to work.
Why?
Because this is what the end users will see
first: It is called front-end. Your client will not give a damm about how the
site runs dynamically if it has a very ugly look.
So, you really need to step up your CSS3,
HTML5 skills or you learn how to use predefined templates well. Which most
companies would love to know if you can create template yourself. That is why
most web programmers are good in using “Graphical software” like Photoshop and
Corel Draw.
For those that are new to web application
designing and development I will suggest you should fold your sleeves and be
ready to work strongly on the listed programs below:
·
HTML 5:
Is the most important language that you should learn even if you are a web
developer you still need to build a concrete background on html(Hypertext
markup language)
·
CSS 3: After HTML5, CSS3 is the second most
vital you should learn, it is what powers the design and determines how a page
should look. Web developers who know CSS3 will be able to make their site
interact more effectively with the designs and will also help the web pages to
respond quickly to the screen size.
4.
ABILITY
TO WORK WITH PRE-CREATED CMS
Yes, I wrote that. Don’t be surprise. I
know a lot of you all are aware that I hate working with pre-created CMS like
Joomla. But I need to tell you that most of the firms out there need to get
their work done as soon as possible. So that they will be able to get more
jobs. The faster the work, heavier the money flows. So I will advice you that,
if you are like I and you hate JOOMLA or word press or symphonies you need to
get your mind back and download good tutorials from Lynda.com or so.
5.
BECOME
A GOOD WRITER
Nothing speaks better than web programmers
that have a good skill in creating awesome, attractive and precisely
intelligent contents. Learn the fundamental of writing web base contents and
dig deep into it.
I know how you are feeling now, like; do I
have to go through all these stress??
Yes, you do.
But,
it is not forever you will rest when you have market yourself well enough to
own your own firm.
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