Start your DEV journey

Masoom Kumar
2 min readDec 18, 2020

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Are you someone who wants to start your career as a web developer and not sure as in how to start it, by the end of this I can assure you would be good to go.

In case you’re new to this let me welcome you with some facts .

1. Coding is one of the most important technical skill an individual can have these days.

2. If one wants a high paying job or wishes to freelance, its all he/she needs in their arsenal to kickstart this journey.

I hope you’re pumped up, so let us begin . We will talk about 3 things.

  1. A browser : Everything is online. Yes, all the information to all the help or assistance you need is here. But that’s not it. To see the magic you’re doing, a browser is what you need. INSPECT ELEMENT and it is a whole new world. I personally use Google Chrome Browser and it is as good as anyone out there.
  2. A code-editor : You know know where to look for information and where is it that to you can see your work let’s now see how. A code-editor is the place , to see wonder you will be writing codes and this ability of creating something out of nothing is magic and once you get the hang of it, you’ll be amazed to see what you can do. Do try VS Code with all the extensions it is a really powerful tool.
  3. Github and Git: Things that will keep you progressing.
    Github is the go to place for all the developers , yes every site’s data can be found here(if they are open sourced). Now to answer why github, because you need to showcase your work taking you ahead in this journey of yours. It is the online storage for your codes and it is no less than a skill to use Github efficiently.
    Now comes GIT , it is the language that helps your local system interact with Github, to use it efficiently Git is a must. It usually comprises of a bunch of codes which will make your journey fun and easier. Let’s call these the “Magic Words”.

All done yet it is not out online, for this you need to host your codes as in a project with the help of a hosting platform like Netlify which is absolutely free and you are done.

Keep coding…

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