Here are the 7 core competencies as a web developer that are commonly used.
Photoshop + Illustrator
Make sure you can:
✓ Interpret website and product mockups and wire frames you get from designers
✓ Translate design into working code
✓ Understand Layers
✓ Read dimensions
✓ Pull out colours
HTML
Make sure you can:
✓ Create HTML file from scratch
✓ Use HTML template like the HTML5 Boilerplate
✓ Follow industry naming conventions
✓ Incorporate the latest HTML5 tags
CSS
Make sure you can:
✓ Create a CSS file from scratch
✓ Manipulate layouts and styles
✓ Follow industry naming conventions
FTP
Make sure you can:
✓ Understand the way servers and database communicate to put your HTML + CSS file on World Wide Web
✓ Make site go live!
✓ Update site after it gone live
✓ Explain FTP to a 5-year-old
Media Queries
Make sure you can:
✓ Create media queries for standard device sizes
✓ Translate a static website into a responsive one
✓ Follow industry standards for naming and syntax
Frontend Framework
Some great framework:
• Bookstrap
• UIKit
• PureMake sure you can:
✓ Install or download framework
✓ Use built-in elements
✓ Create custom site using framework
WordPress
What it does:
A content management system (CMS) that makes it easy for clients to make changes to the site.Make sure you can:
✓ Read and edit PHP code
✓ Install WordPress
✓ Understand WordPress architecture
✓ Create and modify pages, posts and menus
✓ Create a child theme
✓ Add useful plugins
✓ Test for bugs
At Krome, we specialise in website design and development services. If you or your client are interested in creating a site, it’s time to tell us about your project or have a chat about what we can do. You can contact us here.