(December 13, 2018 at 12:19 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: So, how do you approach learning a new part of programming (like web-development)? Are you suggesting I should strive to learn everything I can about some programming language before making any piece of software in it? That doesn't appear to work well either.
Start slow and find good teachers. I learned web development by hiring web developers for projects, then learned from them over time. It became more practical to do it myself rather than pay someone and have to wait for something to be fixed whenever there was a problem. Good teachers are important because there are right and wrony ways to do just about anything. The development goes beyond building the site since you want to control traffic to your site and provide relevant to those who visit. Also, on the Internet it's not so much a numbers game as it is about quality. If you draw a lot of traffic, but have a lot of bouncing, you'll get a poor bounce rating score and that's just going to hurt you when it comes to being in search engines. Bouncing is when people go to your page, then leave within a few seconds without clicking on anything. If almost everybody is doing that, then it indicates your content isn't relevant to those visiting. When someone like Google sees that, they don't want you high on their list because they want more relevant sources, and that in turn makes their search engine more relevant.
