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How to Hire a Good Web Developer
DEFINITION
A Web
developer, strictly speaking, builds and maintains websites. It
Nucleus, a lot of people who create a site from start to finish --
designing graphics and webpages, figuring out the site map, then
producing the site -- call themselves Web developers, so it's a
confusing term. People who conceptualize and plan out the site are
actually web designers. Developers are the people who use some
form of HTML to build the actual pages. A Web developer's other
responsibilities could include optimizing graphics for the Web and
producing rich media such as Flash, streaming media, or online
audio.
SKILLS
Basic:
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Can hand-code HTML
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Can optimize graphics and webpages so that they load quickly
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Can handle cross-browser optimization -- making sure the site
looks good on different browsers
Advanced:
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Familiarity with JavaScript
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Photoshop
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Dynamic HTML (DHTML)
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XML
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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
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Familiarity with CGI forms
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Can deploy dynamic
Web technologies such as XSSI, JSP, ASP, Dynamo,
and Cold Fusion
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Familiarity with SSI (server-side includes)
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Has a working knowledge of JavaScript and CGI scripting. This
will become increasingly relevant as DHTML becomes more
widespread and more content is generated using scripts
EXPERIENCE
Senior
developers manage the overall building of the site and assign
junior developers specific areas to build.
Junior:
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Has created at least one website
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Has updated content on an existing website
Mid-level:
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At least one year of experience developing and maintaining a
commercial website
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Experience with naming conventions and setting up file
structures (important for large sites)
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Can look at a visual design and tell what it will take to
implement it
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Can tell at a glance how a page was put together or an entire
site assembled
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Knows what functions a given line of code performs
Senior:
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At least two years of experience developing and maintaining a
large-scale commercial website
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Experience as lead developer or
project manager
HOW
TO SCREEN FOR QUALITY
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Candidates should be able to provide URLs of previous work. This
is the equivalent of a portfolio.
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HTML code should be clean and well organized. You can check this
by looking at the HTML source code of sample URLs.
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Many Web development companies screen job candidates with a
standardized HTML coding test. Candidates are given an image
created in Photoshop and asked to turn it into a Web page using
only text-based editors.
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Get references from previous clients or employers. Was this
person easy to work with? Did he or she produce a fast-loading,
well-functioning site?
TIPS
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Looking at websites done for other clients is not always a good
indicator of a web developer's skills, since it's hard to tell
exactly what they contributed to the site and how much it's
changed since they worked on it. If possible, you want to see
exactly what they contributed. Ask what role they played in the
project. Did they build the entire site or just optimize
webpages?
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Be wary of self-taught folks who haven't worked in an agency or
corporate setting. They might not have the training or
discipline to complete jobs on deadline.
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A degree in one of the following is helpful: computer science or
engineering, human-computer interaction (HCI), or architecture.
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Continued education in Web programming, interface design,
information design, or multimedia production is also helpful.
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