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What would be good to learn if I want to do small to mid scale freelance webdev work? (self.webdev)

submitted 1 year ago by MossBear to c/[email protected]

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I used to do Wordpress development and the short of it is, it wasn't profitable enough to be sustainable for me. These days, web development is more of a side gig for me and I'm no longer using Wordpress. I don't necessarily need to make a full-time income with it and I'm certainly not looking for high pressure, high stakes projects, but I was wondering where the best opportunities are for freelancers these days and what would be best skills/technologies to learn for those sorts of jobs?

Also, as a more specific side question, are things like Hugo and Jekyll much in demand these days as far as freelance goes?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (8 children)

If you’re looking for one thing to help be productive, it’s probably Rails. If you just want to knock something out fast and aren’t really interested in web tech itself, Rails provides the fastest “time to usable website” of any framework I have personally used.

It’s not my favorite bit of web tech by any means (I really like Elixir/Phoenix and Clojure, and Rust is my bread and butter today) but I also don’t dislike it. I used rails in the past for rapid prototyping and it is pretty impressive just how fast you can get a working product with minimal learning.

[–] MossBear 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That sounds promising. I'm not overly familiar with Rails, but I'll definitely have to look into that more.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Odin Project has a Ruby on Rails track if you're interested :)

[–] MossBear 3 points 1 year ago

That's a great idea! I was looking at the Odin Project the other week and it seemed to have great content. Thanks!

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