I just finished learning the basics of programming and I'm at the place where I have to decide which niche to specialize in. So I've been doing a lot of research. I initially considered web development, but my findings are not encouraging.

Web development is not the hot cake anymore. Nowadays, with the availability of templates and CMS like WordPress, websites can be built in a few hours by literally anyone with a little technical skill. It's basically a drag and drop process.

Freelance platforms has been saturated by people charging cheap prices to develop websites. Clients are not willing to pay more and rightly so. It is discouraging and not worth the time and effort needed to learn all the HTML, CSS, JavaScript and the backend. Why waste time and effort when I can just get templates and WordPress, Wix or Joomola.

I think I'll have to consider native mobile development, data visualization and analysis, or enterprise software development.

Do you think I'm wrong? Or do you know any lucrative web development niche? Please let me know in the comments section. Thanks.

Lalasticlala.

Here to learn

Lorazepam:
Here to learn

Good.

If you learn it very well you can develop free templates and distribute it on WordPress why you get a premium version for a fee @ February I paid 49$ for a premium template after making use of their free version

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DanRay1:
Sounds interesting. Instead of developing a site, I like the idea of developing templates and custom plugins. I'll see if that's lucrative.

Am no Web developer but a blogger. Please don't underestimate any ICT stuff you see online. Have never work for anyone before but have mastered the art of blogging over years.

I can't write a single code with out making mistakes while I can read a little but I would have love to learn app or Web development each time I get distracted.

I just made a topic that’s contrary to what you think. Please read

Op JavaScript isn't a waste o. It's still the number one needed language in the job market. It's what it is. Besides don't underestimate wordpress. I have seen 50000 dollar wordpress projects on Upwork. One of the top 5 highest earning freelancers on Upwork Ron z is a wordpress developer. He has made over 2 million dollars on the website.

fastseo:
If you learn it very well you can develop free templates and distribute it on WordPress why you get a premium version for a fee

Sounds interesting. Instead of developing a site, I like the idea of developing templates and custom plugins. I'll see if that's lucrative.

DanRay1:
I just finished learning the basics of programming and I'm at the place where I have to decide which niche to specialize in. So I've been doing a lot of research. I initially considered web development, but my findings are not encouraging.

Web development is not the hot cake anymore. Nowadays, with the availability of templates and CMS like WordPress, websites can be built in a few hours by literally anyone with a little technical skill. It's basically a drag and drop process.

Freelance platforms has been saturated by people charging cheap prices to develop websites. Clients are not willing to pay more and rightly so. It is discouraging and not worth the time and effort needed to learn all the HTML, CSS, JavaScript and the backend. Why waste time and effort when I can just get templates and WordPress, Wix or Joomola.

I think I'll have to consider native mobile development, data visualization and analysis, or enterprise software development.

Do you think I'm wrong? Or do you know any lucrative web development niche? Please let me know in the comments section. Thanks.

It is almost surprising how i see many people downgrading Web development due to the array of CMS you can use to achieve a website. The truth is, many Software development agencies are using WordPress to deliver amazing websites for their clients. Ofcus, you need to advance your skill set if you think that WordPress is fading away.

I have build a website for an agency that charges over 3M for a single website project for a multinational company which was built on WordPress/ custom requirements. The truth is, knowing how to build website with WordPress is not enough. Website Development and Web Application Development are not the same.

If you truly want to understand what a Software Developer does, search for a job post for a Front-end developer and see the job responsibilities/ technology stack required. This will give you a clue of what you want to do, either Front-end or Back-end Developer. By learning your way up, you can earn a reasonable monthly income as a full-time employee/freelancer.

Always remember this: Good developer don't look for Companies to work for, Companies are the one looking for a good developer to work with.

I am a Full Stack developer with 4+ years of Full Time working experience.

Olumide Ayeni

bet9ja:


It is almost surprising how i see many people downgrading Web development due to the array of CMS you can use to achieve a website. The truth is, many Software development agencies are using WordPress to deliver amazing websites for their clients. Ofcus, you need to advance your skill set if you think that WordPress is fading away.

I have build a website for an agency that charges over 3M for a single website project for a multinational company which was built on WordPress/ custom requirements. The truth is, knowing how to build website with WordPress is not enough. Website Development and Web Application Development are not the same.

If you truly want to understand what a Software Developer does, search for a job requirements of a Front-end developer and see the job responsibilities/ technology stack required. This will give you a clue of what you want to do, either Front-end or Back-end Developer. By learning your way up, you can earn a reasonable monthly income as a full-time employee/freelance.

Always remember this: Good developer don't look for Companies to work for, Companies are the one looking for a good developer to work with.

I am a Full Stack developer with 4+ years of Full Time working experience.

Olumide Ayeni
www.olumide.co.za

Great. I'll have to do more research.

I have to say, your site is great

DanRay1:
Great. I'll have to do more research.

I have to say, your site is great

Thank you.

bet9ja:


Thank you.

My pleasure.

I think I'm now more interested in mobile app development. What are your thoughts on mobile development based on demand and profitability?

Web development will always be lucrative as long as new startups will spring up.

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need more Audience...why does tech stuff hardly make fp
Lalasticlala

Hey guys. I’ve always been reading topics and posts on this section from the sidelines so i thought I’d create an account and contribute a couple of things. This post is aimed at answering a couple of questions as to what programming language you should learn and the mode of learning with the highest ROI.

First things first, i see a lot of guys here that try to discourage newbies from going into web development. It is for this singular reason that i really decided to make this post.

What Language should you begin with?

There is no one correct answer to this question. To be able to make an informed decision in relation to this important question, you need to focus on 2 things. First thing is why you’re thinking of learning to code plus what you intent to do with the language you might end up choosing.
The second thing comes after you’ve answered the first which is the Numbers of the surrounding the language you choose. The numbers of active GitHub repositories and the numbers of remote jobs listing that ‘this’ language has.

WEB, MOBILE or DESKTOP?

If you want to answer this based on the second parameter that we assigned to the “What language should you begin with question” , no other form on programming comes close to web-based programming in numbers(all ramifications ). The web is now very very different what it was 5-10 years ago. Hell! It’s even different from what it was 2 years ago . I know over a lot of guys that are in Europe today through the power of JavaScript! I myself did an interview for a firm in the U.S couple of months ago but i didn’t get the job based on falling off short in some few points that would take me to the final round. I have a couple of tests from 2 firms in Europe that i haven’t taken yet. It’s just there sitting in my mailbox waiting till I’m ready for the assessment. What I’m really trying to say is, the web provides a huge opportunity both local and international if you’re really really good at what you do! As a side note, JavaScript happens to be the language that dominates the web (do with this side-note information what you will )


MODE OF LEARNING?
Again, a lot of guys here tell newbies not to learn from YouTube tutorials. I cringe when i see this and I’ll tell you why .

The best way to learn introductory concepts of programming is YOUTUBE/UDEMY! Eventually if programming is your calling, your instincts will push you to search for more information on the tutorials that you’ve watched which will in turn lead to reading of books and articles. In this way, you’re already Hot for clarity and knowledge which makes reading and assimilation almost seamless.
Do not put the cart before the horse.

I think I’ll stop here for now . If there’s any other thing you’d like me to add let me know in the comments and I’ll respond when i can. Stay safe!

You think web development is just all about slapping up website here and there abi. Just search for a web developer position on indeed or other job portal and see the requirements is not just about uploading wordpress site or just building a site. And you need to know that, there is limitation to how you can customize a website on wordpress.

Web development is still as hot as ever, just that it doesn't pay much in Nigeria except you work remotely.

Like the poster above explained JavaScript is still the boss of the web.
You would be surprised at what people earn with Advanced knowledge of JS.

DanRay1:


My pleasure.

I think I'm now more interested in mobile app development. What are your thoughts on mobile development based on demand and profitability?

You can learn how to develop hybrid mobile app with ionic, flutter or react native, based on which technology you are comfortable with.

You can search for Men Against Rape on Playstore it's my new project.

Lol. Oga do the work and leave the long talk

Anonime1105:
Web development is still as hot as ever, just that it doesn't pay much in Nigeria except you work remotely.

Like the poster above explained JavaScript is still the boss of the web.
You would be surprised at what people earn with Advanced knowledge of JS.

I agree with you. Just got a node.js project from fiverr

bet9ja:
You can learn how to develop hybrid mobile app with ionic, flutter or react native, based on which technology you are comfortable with.

You can search for Men Against Rape on Playstore it's my new project.

I was considering native apps. Specifically Android with java first, and later Kotlin so I can deploy on multiplatforms.

crownedrookie:
Lol. Oga do the work and leave the long talk

I don't have the time to waste on what's not going to pay big bucks. I need to be sure.

DanRay1:
I just finished learning the [b] basics of programming [/b]and I'm at the place where I have to decide which niche to specialize in. So I've been doing a lot of research. I initially considered web development, but my findings are not encouraging.

Web development is not the hot cake anymore. Nowadays, with the availability of templates and CMS like WordPress, websites can be built in a few hours by literally anyone with a little technical skill. It's basically a drag and drop process.

Freelance platforms has been saturated by people charging cheap prices to develop websites. Clients are not willing to pay more and rightly so. It is discouraging and not worth the time and effort needed to learn all the HTML, CSS, JavaScript and the backend. Why waste time and effort when I can just get templates and WordPress, Wix or Joomola.

I think I'll have to consider native mobile development, data visualization and analysis, or enterprise software development.

Do you think I'm wrong? Or do you know any lucrative web development niche? Please let me know in the comments section. Thanks.

Lalasticlala.

Which language did you use to learn programming.

Barney001:

Which language did you use to learn programming.

JavaScript. Why?

DanRay1:
JavaScript. Why?

Oh I thought you used python...


It seems you're a front end developer....

Barney001:

Oh I thought you used python...


It seems you're a front end developer....

A JavaScript developer can be both a Frontend Developer and a Backend Developer too.

JavaScript is huge now bro

Barney001:

Oh I thought you used python...


It seems you're a front end developer....

No I'm not a developer yet. I'm diving into Android development though. I installed Java, Eclipse IDE and Android studio, today. Ready to roll! Lol.

What about you? What are you up to?

DanRay1:
No I'm not a developer yet. I'm diving into Android development though. I installed Java, Eclipse IDE and Android studio, today. Ready to roll! Lol.

What about you? What are you up to?

Same here too...

But I'm into python tho

You know... webscraping,data science....

I'm still thinking whether to go into django... The whole python application stuff is just wide... So I don't have any major for now...

Barney001:


Same here too...

But I'm into python tho

You know... webscraping,data science....

I'm still thinking whether to go into django... The whole python application stuff is just wide... So I don't have any major for now...

Data science is not as easy as it seems. You need a degree to even be considered for employment abroad. Also, it's not just python skills you need. You have to learn Excel, Tableau, SQL etc. And also, a strong mathematics and statistics background. Choose what comes easy to you, not what sounds fancy and trendy, so you don't get frustrated. Life is short.

Django is about backend web development. Anyway, you do you. Lol.

DanRay1:
Data science is not as easy as it seems. You need a degree to even be considered for employment abroad. Also, it's not just python skills you need. You have to learn Excel, Tableau, SQL etc. And also, a strong mathematics and statistics background. Choose what comes easy to you, not what sounds fancy and trendy, so you don't get frustrated. Life is short.

Django is about backend web development. Anyway, you do you. Lol.

You made a lot of sense bro..

Well like I said before... I'm not sure of which one I want to venture in...

Still on python basics....

Maybe when I'm done with that... I'll know which is right for me

You seem to know a lot about data science tho

Barney001:

You made a lot of sense bro..

Well like I said before... I'm not sure of which one I want to venture in...

Still on python basics....

Maybe when I'm done with that... I'll know which is right for me

You seem to know a lot about data science tho

Good. Just do a lot of research online.

I looked into data science too.

bet9ja:


It is almost surprising how i see many people downgrading Web development due to the array of CMS you can use to achieve a website. The truth is, many Software development agencies are using WordPress to deliver amazing websites for their clients. Ofcus, you need to advance your skill set if you think that WordPress is fading away.

I have build a website for an agency that charges over 3M for a single website project for a multinational company which was built on WordPress/ custom requirements. The truth is, knowing how to build website with WordPress is not enough. Website Development and Web Application Development are not the same.

If you truly want to understand what a Software Developer does, search for a job post for a Front-end developer and see the job responsibilities/ technology stack required. This will give you a clue of what you want to do, either Front-end or Back-end Developer. By learning your way up, you can earn a reasonable monthly income as a full-time employee/freelancer.

Always remember this: Good developer don't look for Companies to work for, Companies are the one looking for a good developer to work with.

I am a Full Stack developer with 4+ years of Full Time working experience.

Olumide Ayeni
www.olumide.co.za

Bro, there's a little mistake in the Make A Difference section in your site. I think you wanted to write "Having worked with", instead of "Haven't worked with".

Great job on the site, though!

locust:


Bro, there's a little mistake in the Make A Difference section in your site. I think you wanted to write "Having worked with", instead of "Haven't worked with".

Great job on the site, though!

Good eyes.

Bet9ja do well to correct the error. It's a little dent on your great portfolio.

Locust I see you've decided to suspend betting and do something better for yourself. Well done. How far have you gone in your learning?