Hello, from an(other) IT geek!

[mattk]

Afternoon all, my name is Matt, I live in Swindon and I work as a Web/application developer. Yes, another Web developer!

I have, however, worked on Web sites for the likes of Marks and Spencer, including designing their Christmas 2001 homepage, Abbey National, Halifax Bank of Scotland and many small/medium sized companies.

I'm not scouting for business as it stands, but I'm more than happy to answer questions and give my opinion (I'm good at that!) to anyone who might need it.

This forum seems very friendly and lively, so I'm looking forwards to some good banter!

[DeveloperBloke]

hello fellow geek :-)

[Urban Space]

Hi,

I'd like to be a website designer when I'm older, but there's just so many of them! Do you wait for work to come to you or do you approach the companies? What software do you use? The limit of my designing knowledge is Microsoft Frontpage... Can't get my head around HTML! How long does it take you to finish a job? Enough questions? : :D

Thanks

Liam

[DeveloperBloke]

aaahhh the 14 year old with big ambitions,

i was just reading your other post :-)

if you want to get into web dev, then learn programming, db design , you need to be multi skilled nowadays to get good bucks

sure, you can do a few small sites here and there for soem pocket money, but you couldnt live on it

j

[mattk]

You're right, Web designers are everywhere nowadays. Every one who's ever opened a Web pages claims to be a designer!

I'm not a designer, I'm a developer - the difference is a degree in Computer Science and about 50% extra salary!

My preferred editor is HomeSite, although I do most of my application development in Microsoft .NET for which they have their own development environment called Visual Studio. It's worth taking the time to learn HTML though, as FrontPage will only take you so far!

[DeveloperBloke]

i use dreamweaver as i usually use coldfusion to build my sites, but i too use visual studio.

it is actually possible to build basic database driven sites now without knowing any code.


get a good book on dreamweaver or visual studio

j

[Jayne]

Hi Matt,

Welcome to the forum :D

Jayne