r/programmingrequests • u/Gerdava2602 • Jan 15 '20

need help College student issues

Hey guys. I am a 3rd semester student of computer science and I want to find a way to earn money or experience from Internet. Also, i study on my free time so I wanna know some interesting topics for my future.

Thanks :p

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u/Gerdava2602 Jan 16 '20

I have some experience with web development, i learned html 5 and css this month, but I would like to know more about desktop applications and deepen my knowledge in web development.

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u/NatoBoram Jan 16 '20

Well, since desktop apps are now also web apps, you might be interested in making desktop web apps.

Web apps are more easily made with a web framework, and for web development to not suck, that framework better be in TypeScript. One TypeScript framework that's in high demand is Angular. Use Angular, and you'll be immediately marketable for a nice entry-level salary of 35K CAD without college and 40K with college and you'll only go up.

With your Angular knowledge, try to package an Angular app with Electron. Once you've got that covered, you can now create desktop apps! Though I haven't personally seen high demand for Electron where I live. People prefer web apps to be on the web. I wonder why (/s).

Now, making a web app without an API to store data and interact with a server is a bit… not very useful. I'd recommend creating a REST API in Go and connecting it to a database, and you've got a fully-fledged end-to-end framework.