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How the Internet Works in 5 Minutes

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The internet is not a fuzzy cloud. The internet is a wire, actually buried in the ground. Computers connected directly to the internet are called "Servers," while the computers you and I use are "clients". Learn how clients and servers interact with each other and a quick introduction to how the internet works.

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Web development for beginners: What does a web developer do?

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What does it mean to be a web developer? A front-end, back-end web developer. Web Development is categorised into multiple functional role, watch this video to understand different roles and scope of work.

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How the Internet Works for Developers - Pt 1 - Overview & Frontend

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Since you already know how the internet works, it's time to know it in the sense of what a web developer needs to know. This video focuses on the perspective of front-end development.

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How the Internet Works for Developers - Pt 2 - Servers & Scaling

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This video covers how the browser parses the html document, and ways that you can improve the loading of your webpage with things like concatenating and minifying assets like javascript, css, etc

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Tools of Trade for a Web Developer

🔗 (https://www.theodinproject.com/c...)

You know what a developer does now but you'll also want to familiarize yourself with the basic tools of the trade.

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What Makes a Web Developer Great?

🔗 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...)

Certainly, your technical skill is important... but that is a pre-requisite. Technical skill isn't what makes you great... it's what makes you a developer. What makes you great are your "soft skills".

• Are you focused?
• Are you driven?
• Are you detail-oriented?
• Are you reliable?
• Do you communicate well?
• Are you easy to work with?
• Do you learn new things quickly?

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Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Learning How to Code

🔗 (https://medium.freecodecamp.org/...)

And what I’ve learned from teaching others