The author used to be a web designer. After continuous exploration and practice, I can now independently create a complete static website and build websites for N (N>5)? departments, faculties and external companies in the school. Although I am not a Web Designer in the full sense, it is already a trivial matter to complete some sites that are not very professional and not very perfect (hehe, do you think I am bragging)? I feel a sense of accomplishment, so I call myself a Web Designer!
I think the growth process is quite fast, so I will introduce my experience to everyone and give some reference opinions to those friends who are interested in this.
Learn knowledge step by step.
First learn HTML, find a textbook that you can understand, and focus on browsing. You don’t need to remember all the concepts, just remember the principles of use. At this stage, it is estimated that three days will be enough; then use Learn CSS in two days, using the same method as above; then spend some time understanding JavaScript.
Then you can use Notepad to try to write a few web pages. Remember not to use those visual tools at this time, such as FrontPage and Dreamweaver (you will learn about those later).
There is a shortcut to improve your "webpage writing", which is to go to major websites, save the webpage (what? You said you can't save webpages? Just "File → Save As"), then open the saved webpage and right-click →Check the source files to see how other people's web pages are written, and then imitate their writing methods and constantly standardize your own code. Hehe, this method is not bad. Let’s imitate it first.
Next it’s time to learn Fireworks. It is recommended to find some example tutorials on the Internet at the beginning. These example tutorials are generally very detailed. Follow them step by step. Every time you learn an example, you will master several operations, and you will also have your own works, which will give you a sense of accomplishment. Yes, long-term accumulation will be very helpful for your own improvement. Learning Fireworks mainly involves learning image processing, such as adding some effects, and most importantly, cutting images, which is very important for beginners.
At this time, you can also combine learning with Dreamweaver, and you can experience the seamless integration of Dreamweaver and Fireworks. Use these tools to create a few more web pages, and you can reach a certain level.
If you want to make your webpage more dazzling, I suggest you learn Flash. It is not difficult, and if you have a good foundation in JavaScript, you will have a familiar feeling when you learn ActionScript in Flash, because The two syntaxes are almost identical.
By this time, I believe you can truly appreciate the power of the "Three Musketeers of the Web".
If you cancontinuously improve in practice
and devote two hours to studying every day, it will probably only take 20 days to complete the above studies. If you are highly talented (for example, like me, haha), it will take even less time. Next, it’s time for an internship. Find a place to train yourself. For example, you can work part-time in some companies, or design a homepage for your own unit.
It is best to join a formal development team, and you will learn how to develop a website in a teamwork manner, especially how to cooperate with the program team to match the page with the backend program database. You may be worried that you are a novice and others will dislike you. It doesn’t matter. As long as you work hard, there will always be opportunities.
I am especially grateful to our school’s student online website for giving me an opportunity. One day when I was applying for a job, I went there with two Flash works I had made. Unexpectedly, I passed the interview, so I had the opportunity to practice in a professional development team. Through my continuous efforts and the experience of masters, I I continued to ask questions, and my level improved rapidly. After two or three months, I was able to complete some sites independently, of course only static ones. Here, I would like to point out that don’t be embarrassed and just ask if you don’t know how. Experts will be happy to answer you, and if you can ask them for advice, this is a kind of affirmation for him, and he will be very happy. hehe.
At this point, you can basically be called a "quasi-Web Designer", but to fundamentally improve yourself, it is best to learn art, which is the basic skill of being a web designer.
The author first started making web pages purely for my own entertainment, but in the process, I gradually began to deeply like this work. This learning process is a valuable asset in life, at least I think so.