Felipe Marcos felipemarcos

Breaking into Web Development

I work as an analyst contractor, these days my roles are often a mixture of development and management. I have been asked by a countless number of people what they need to do to get the jobs I’m offered – and it’s simpler than most expect. The market for talented developers in the United Kingdom (and in many talent-lite communities around the world) is such that anyone who merely knows what they are doing has a very good chance of getting a job. Even a job contracting (which ordinarily has senior-level requirements).

To become a web developer with a good salary and employment expectations you need skills. Below I’ll provide a plan to get you towards the top of the largest market: PHP Web Development. Advanced knowledge of everything on this list would immediately make you one of the best, so just strive to have an exposure if not a comprehensive understanding (though the *starred points are essential). To learn these technologies you should use several in combination on on

Moving from jQuery

Events

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  // code
})

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	* Polyfill for the vw, vh, vm units
	* Requires StyleFix from -prefix-free http://leaverou.github.com/prefixfree/
	* @author Lea Verou
	*/

	(function() {

	if(!window.StyleFix) {
	return;