WEB DESIGNING

WEB DESIGNING

Scope:

 Web designing is an integral and significant part of IT industry. Today, it is a promising career option. Web services are applied in industries, business, education and public sector. Web design services include Need analysis, Solution designing, Web content writing, web content planning, Product photography, Graphic designing, Designing Flash, HTML coding and Java scripting. Careers in web designing can be the right option for those having a flair for creativity. 

Skills: 

Various private Technical institutes in India provide a certificate program in Web Designing. Web designer has to concentrate on designing graphics and layout. A web designer should be visually artistic. Web designer has to learn color theory and work of art and should have a degree in visual arts and visual design. A web designer should have a flair for creating a design flow. If one chooses a career in Web designing, a degree in computer science would be an added advantage.Various web-designing courses are offered by many popular institutes in India including Arena,Aptech and edit etc.

Web designers should focus their education on design - graphics and layout. Most companies hiring designers want people who are visually artistic. You should study color theory and composition and get a degree in visual arts or visual design.

Focus your education on design and less on building Web pages specifically. The sad fact is that most Web designers have spent a lot more time learning HTML and how to use Dreamweaver than they have learning anything about white space and creating a design that flows. If you get educated in classical design techniques and skills and then learn how to apply them to Web pages you will stand out as a designer.

Most companies looking for Web designers will want to see a portfolio of sites that you've designed. Be sure to keep screen shots and color prints of the designs you've worked on - even if they were just class projects or sites you built for yourself. Try to have a diverse portfolio that shows more than just the front page of any site, and remember that your designs won't remain on a site forever, so keep your own copies.

Web Programmer Education and Experience

Web programmers focus on the behavior of Web sites - many companies don't hire Web programmers specifically, but rather software developers who are skilled at a specific programming language. The most common languages used by corporations on the Web are: PHP, JSP, and ASP.

Web programmers do best when they get a computer science degree. It used to be possible to get a Web programming position without a degree in computer science, but the level of programming required for most enterprise Web sites demands highly skilled computer science professionals.

Don't focus on any one programming language. Chances are, by the time you finish school, that language will be "out" and something completely different will be "in". Companies follow fads just as much as any other industry, and Web programmers need to be aware of what's hot and not. You're better off learning how to learn programming languages and then scanning the jobs 6 months or so before you are going to start working to find out what language you should focus on to get hired. Some good bets right now are: ASP, JSP, and Ruby. PHP is popular with smaller companies, but has a lot of security issues.

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Challenges:

Web designing involves many technologies,basically HTML,apart from this,the websites which are created these days mostly uses PHP,ASP.NET,Java Script,CSS,XML,XHTML.

                               So,knowing and implementing all the technologies is very tedious for any professional web designer,choosing between these according to the need is the challenge which is faced in every project.

                                Some other challenges may be designing websites which really works,i.e it should have higher user interactivity and easy to surf.

Certification:

So you have become quite the master at web design. Your pages look fabulous and you are pretty sure this is what you want to do for a living. If you are also looking for a way to make your skills stand out in the pile of resumes on the desk of a future employer, then you might want to consider a web master certification. There are quite a few web design certifications out there that will test your ability to design, code, and implement web pages and sites. Although many are oriented towards the beginner, there are also a few very advanced certifications that will elevate you to the level of Web Master.

Beginner Web Design Certifications

Beginner web design certifications focus on page layout, use of graphics, HTML, use of browsers and style sheets. These will start you on the path to more advanced certifications.

CIW Associate
The CIW Associate certification only requires one exam. It's referred to as the Foundations exam and must be passed before going on to any other CIW track. The exam covers internet, page authoring, and networking basics. Earning the CIW Associate also qualifies you for the CWP Associate Certification

CWD (Certified Web Designer) 

The CWD certification is offered by the Association of Web Professionals (AWP). You will need basic internet and design knowledge to pass the single exam. The exam is given online by Jupiter Systems, who are the current sponsors of the AWP. A Web Manager and Technician Certifications are also offered by the AWP. These are more intermediate certs and focus less on design.

CAW (Certified Associate Webmaster)

The CAW certification is offered by WOW and covers most of the basics with a focus in markup and scripting. One exam is required, costs $125 and is available through VUE.

HTML Developer Certificate from W3C

The World Wide Web Consortium (WC3) is the group that sets the standards for the internet. They offer a basic, 70 question exam that results in a certificate and tests you on HTML, XHTML, and CSS. All the materials needed to study are free on the site so considering the source and the cost, this is a great choice for a certification.

BCIP (Brainbench Certified Internet Professional)

Brainbench offers several good certification preparation exams. In addition, you can apply several of the skills exams to get the BCIP certification. It requires 4 exams total and a couple of them are free. Most run from $20 to $50, making this a very affordable certification and an excellent way to test your skills in preparation for more advanced certs.

Intermediate Web Design Certifications

 Expect to have knowledge of coding and scripting along with some solid job experience to jump to the intermediate level of certification.

AWP (Associate Webmaster Professional)

Sponsored by WebYoda, the AWP requires one exam. Exam topics cover Internet Fundamentals, basic and advanced HTML & XHTML knowledge, and expertise with CSS.

Coldfusion MX Developer Certification

If you have experience with programming languages and one year of working with Coldfusion, you are elegible for this exam. It consists of 66 questions and a score of 80% or above will earn you an Advanced Developer Certification.

DreamWeaver MX Certification 

Proficiency in Dreamweaver plus experience with coding, graphics, and website management will help you with this exam. The exam is 65 questions and you must score 70% or better to pass.

Flash Certification 

Macromedia offers two tracks for the Flash certification: Flash MX Designer & Flash MX Developer. Each requires one 65 question exam. The Designer exam requires knowlege of Flash motion design, optimization and publishing. The Developer exam requires knowlege of relational database design along with one to two years of experience in software development & web design.

MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist 

This certification was created for anyone developing on .NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications. You must pass two exams, one focusing on the .NET Framework 2.0 foundational skills and another focusing on Web-based client development. From here you can take one additional exam to obtain the MCPD: Web Developer certification.

 Advanced Web Design Certifications

Advanced certifications will require that you expand your horizons well beyond proficiency in internet and design concepts. Depending on the cert you choose, you will now need to master ebusiness, marketing, security, management, and more advanced scripting skills.

CIW Master

There are several tracks for CIW Master candidates to choose from, including Administrator, Developer, Web Site Manager, and Security Analyst. Each track requires multiple exams on a variety of subjects.

CWP 

The CWP certification requires that you hold the AWP certification and take one exam. Although training offered by WebYoda (the sponsor of the CWP) is recommended, it is not required. The exam covers web design & graphics, ebusiness concepts, intermediate Java skills, and e-marketing concepts.

Global Knowledge Webmaster

This certification is acheived through a serious of lecture and lab classes covering Java (or Perl), advanced web design, databases, and XML development.