
(Morgan Berry)
Editor's note: this story pairs with 'Growth in tech industry creates demand that can't be met by university grads'
With the high demand in the tech industry, many people are trying to get their foot in the door and develop coding and programming skills. So what are the best steps to become a web developer? Whether students are looking to study computer science or web development, here are some resources to build IT skills.
Online resources
1. CodeAcademy
2. CodeSchool
3. CareerFoundry
4. Udemy
BYU resources
- CS 142 — BYU has an Intro to Computer Programming class in the computer science department which teaches object-oriented program design and principles of algorithm formulation and implementation.
2. DIGHT 250 — The Digital Humanities department also offers a web developing course. This course is an introduction to web programming.
It's important as students build programming skills that they maintain a portfolio of the websites and other projects they've constructed. A final resource for students building and maintaining a portfolio is GitHub