I want to learn about website development

neocon

neocon

neocon

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I have a little knowledge of frontpage 2000 and have knocked together a few basic websites in the past. I want to be able to craete professional websites, particularly active ones that people can subscribe to, possibly with ecommerce functions.

Which software packages do you need to master in order to be a web developer?

Is it worth learnnig to use Dreamweaver? (i'm in possession of the Dreamweaver cs3)
 
You don't have to learn any programs to be a competent Web Developer, personally I would suggest Build Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML & CSS as a good introductory book, and the new edition should be out soon.

You don't really need a book though, HTMLDog and W3Schools are both excellent if you want to learn HTML and CSS, however your best downloading some layouts from OSWD and editing the code so you can experiment.
 
I bought HTMLDog, plus read through the website. I use Dreamweaver and have since made some pretty clean coded websites. I only use code view though, Dreamweaver just makes it easy for me to upload plus it prompts possible code in CSS which is handy when you're learning.

Photoshop and slicing is also important, means you can create the design easily in Photoshop then slice and create the divs you need etc.
 
Another good point is write the HTML as if you're just marking up content, don't think about the way it looks. It's important to keep it as separate as possible.

Yes you will end up needing extra HTML to make it look the way you intend but it's a good start if you can mark the content up semantically and then go from there :)
 
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