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Post November 18th, 2007, 11:24 am

I am thinking of taking web designing as a career. Do you'll guys think its a good choice I've taken.
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Post November 18th, 2007, 12:28 pm

When you say "designing", are you refering to only the visual aspects?
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Post November 18th, 2007, 2:09 pm

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When you say "designing", are you refering to only the visual aspects?


If so, I doubt it :D
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Post November 18th, 2007, 3:00 pm

I find it so funny when I look on career websites for web design jobs, and they entail mostly a programmers duty. Its so annoying because the words "web design" mean more then one thing apparently.
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Post November 18th, 2007, 3:04 pm

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I find it so funny when I look on career websites for web design jobs, and they entail mostly a programmers duty. Its so annoying because the words "web design" mean more then one thing apparently.


:lol: So web designing is the same as web programming?
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Post November 18th, 2007, 4:00 pm

I think the better description is web development/developer, as a catch-all. Designer, to me, means the graphic design side. I'm not sure you can really make a living as a "designer" unless you're REALLY good.

Even still, a web 'designer' is useless if they don't understand how the rest of the development process works, IMO.
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Post November 18th, 2007, 4:42 pm

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Even still, a web 'designer' is useless if they don't understand how the rest of the development process works, IMO.


I totally agree..
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Post November 18th, 2007, 4:45 pm

Bogey wrote:
Benat wrote:
I find it so funny when I look on career websites for web design jobs, and they entail mostly a programmers duty. Its so annoying because the words "web design" mean more then one thing apparently.


:lol: So web designing is the same as web programming?


Bogey to those who are not familiar or already work in the development business, web design means everything to do with the web. Not a lot of people coming into the industry are aware theres a lot more to it then just the graphics you see.
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Post November 18th, 2007, 4:52 pm

Benat wrote:
Bogey wrote:
Benat wrote:
I find it so funny when I look on career websites for web design jobs, and they entail mostly a programmers duty. Its so annoying because the words "web design" mean more then one thing apparently.


:lol: So web designing is the same as web programming?


Bogey to those who are not familiar or already work in the development business, web design means everything to do with the web. Not a lot of people coming into the industry are aware theres a lot more to it then just the graphics you see.


Okay... I see :D
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Post November 18th, 2007, 10:26 pm

Isn't "web" short for "website", which would make it "website designer" ?

It makes sense IAWWAAE and EWTBAD IMO.

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Post November 18th, 2007, 11:58 pm

joebert wrote:
Isn't "web" short for "website"


Er, I thought it was short for World Wide Web LOL
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Post November 19th, 2007, 12:10 am

A designer should be able to do all the front end aspects of the site. That is design the website, HTML, CSS and a bit of JavaScript. A developer should do the back end stuff, PHP, MySQL, ASP, RUBY, Actionscript etc.

Is web design a good career for you? Do you actually possess any design talent? I wanted to be a web designer but I find development suits me far better.
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Post November 19th, 2007, 12:59 am

JasonStanley wrote:
A developer should do the back end stuff, PHP, MySQL, ASP, RUBY, Actionscript etc.


I'm not entirely sure about Ruby though I think it's both, but Actionscript is definately frontend & backend.
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Post November 19th, 2007, 1:35 am

I dont agree. Web design is just the way a website look. Graphics and flow, but not programming.

At my company, the web designers, have no idea what PHP is. The programmers make twice the $$$$
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Post November 19th, 2007, 2:09 am

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At my company, the web designers, have no idea what PHP is. The programmers make twice the $$$$


I've put together the following illustration to demonstrate why this is. :D

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<?php
 
class mountain
 
{
 
   protected $price;
 
   
 
   public function __construct($budget)
 
   {
 
      $this->price .= $budget;
 
   }
 
}
 
class molehill extends mountain
 
{
 
   public function __construct($budget)
 
   {
 
      $this->price = $budget;
 
      parent::__construct($budget);
 
   }
 
   public function get_quote()
 
   {
 
      return $this->price;
 
   }
 
}
 
 
 
$budget = '$$';
 
$project = new molehill($budget);
 
print $project->get_quote();
 
?>
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  31.       parent::__construct($budget);
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