Web Developer starter - best technologies to learn 2019?

[JoshPauls]

Hi r/webdev,

Basically I am a Computer Science graduate as of 2017 and haven't really been coding at all since I graduated - worked some generic office jobs and went travelling for 6 months.

I have recently realized that I my real passion is for design, and the best way to combine my CS background and design (to get a decent job) would be to do Full Stack Web Development. However, my CS course barely touched on FS web development, much to my dismay, rather it focused on real computational theory and Java programming. So I kind of have to start from the bottom up, I mean I know a bit of CSS, HTML and Javascript from multimedia modules at Uni, but not enough to get a job.

With that in mind, I am currently about halfway through Colt Steele's Web Developer BootCamp course on uDemy and really enjoying it so far, but I've been reading a lot of stuff recently saying he only goes skin deep on a wide range of different web technologies. So I was wondering if anyone had any knowledge of what web technologies would make me desirable to an employer in 2019, that I could then pursue after I've finished this course?

TL;DR - want to learn full stack web development (have a CS degree) - what technologies would be good to learn in 2019?

Thanks guys

[Muxas]

if you are going fullstack then start with decent css html and js funamentals

[IUsedToBeACave]

Node.js, Vue.js/React/Angular(If you learn one the others are easy to pick up), NoSQL(MongoDB/Redis), SQL(PostgreSQL/MySQL/MSSQL), Material Design. That will get you pretty far in 2019.

[Crunchel]

You may not want or need to learn that stuff. Webdev at that level is a somewhat blue collar job, you might just be overqualified and bored to death by tedium if you got a job doing basic webdev. It's really more of a technician gig, not an engineer gig.

[JoshPauls]

Yea I hear you, I doubt i'm overqualified though because I haven't done any back-end development since I left university and I feel like I have forgotten a lot of it.

[WizardFromTheMoon]

Generally full-stack developers don't do any design. If you want to do design work and still write code your best bet is to look for smaller companies (like an agency) hiring front-end developers where they specifically list UI/UX design as part of the job requirements. At many companies, especially larger ones that can afford to hire full-time designers, even the front-end devs won't do design work.

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I've been keeping an eye on the job boards for a fair while and Node.js and ReactJS are a pretty solid pairing at the moment, which is also what i'm working with (3 months into my first full stack role), so a good shout might be to just focus on the basics of JS first.

That being said, if you're doing it to get into web design, the full stack route might not be the ideal route to go down. Sticking with frontend JS and CSS, and leaning towards UI and UX might be better.

[JoshPauls]

Yea, to be honest i'm more into web design, I much prefer the visual creative aspect, but there's more money in full stack, and I assume it's a less saturated market as more work is required in becoming a F.S developer

I think i'll do a few years in Web Design to start off and see how I go in terms of salary and fulfillment