How to become a web developer in 2021?

by Dipti Kumari Digital Marketing

Before choosing a career, it’s important to understand its scope and future growth.

Since the pandemic, choosing a career wisely has become very important because of the uncertainty in the future. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the economy and the job market, with hiring slowing down in many sectors. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the state of the web development industry in 2021.

An aspirant can get a job in web development with job titles including web designer, web developer, and website graphic artist. Then during the course of time, he/she can advance to senior levels in terms of the profession and get to choose from a variety of opportunities in this sector.

There are many colleges that offer degrees related to this domain but in the current times, the degree has lost its importance. It is more about the skill than what you know. It is more about the execution than what you can do.

In this era of rapidly changing technologies, you can be a skilled web developer of two kinds – one who works on a particular technology and skills and stick to that and secondly a person who constantly keeps on learning new technologies. The second type of web developer is in more demand these days because every day new technology are coming and the employers require someone who can get accustomed to new technologies and work on them pretty quickly and adaptively. One of these technologies is JAMstack and this is considered to be the next big thing in the web development industry. You can know more about the various benefits of JAMstack in detail but let's talk more about the career of a web developer.

So, how to become a web developer in 2021?

Well, it requires a lot of learning and execution via multiple resources but here are a few steps for you to follow if you're planning to become a web developer:

1) Get a good grasp of the web development fundamentals and basics.

2) Choose a specialization

3) Learn important programming languages for web development

4) Work on projects to test your skills

5) Have a portfolio to show your work

6) Keep exploring trends in technology like headless CMS for eCommerce.

Once you have the right skill set and a portfolio to show it then you will be able to grow your career in this field in just no time!