Could you please advise/comment on the web development certification strategy that I attempt to follow:
1-) Legacy Front End Development Certification from “freeCodeCamp” (Six blocks total of 1800hrs)
2-) Back-End Engineer from “Codecademy” (45 lesson , 4-month program)
I am a bit confused as to why the “Codecademy” back-end program doesn’t offer say PHP (or other)… as part of the back-end syllabus. Should I just simply add “PHP” to the list?
I passed the “freeCodeCamp” back-end program as it is Py based.
My original plan was to just learn Drupal but soon I realized that I need to “understand” web dev down to the foundation level. ( I am a practicing Structural Engineer…that’s probably why)
I undertand that PHP is not the only way a back-end language, and yes I already started with the first part. I was just curious as to why it is published throughout that PHP, JAVA, etc are back-end languages but in both “freeCodeCamp” and “Codecademy” is in Javascript…thats all! Nothing against Py!
I didn’t think you said anything ‘against’ Python. I was just clarifying that freeCodeCamp’s backend curriculum and freeCodeCamp’s Python curriculum are two different things. You seem (or seemed?) to be under the impression that the freeCodeCamp backend curriculum covers Python when it actually uses JavaScript.
There are many different languages you can write a backend in. JavaScript is a popular choice nowadays because it means that you can write the frontend and backend in the same language, which can simplify the interactions between the parts of your codebase.
Indeed, I was under the impression that freeCodeCamp’s back-end covers Py.
Thanx for the clarification and I think I will stick to the freeCodeCamp’s back-end curriculum. So far, I have enjoyed what I have complete it very much!