One of my computer programming coaching clients inquired about the difference between web developer careers and windows developer careers, their different tracks of study and which has a higher demand at this time.

And my response is:

Windows developers create applications known as thick clients that reside on the desktop, while web developers create applications known as thin clients that are viewed through a web browser (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, etc.).

1. Aspiring windows developers have to learn windows application development using tools like Visual Basic, C#, C/C++. Beginning web developers have to learn web application development using tools like Visual Basic, C#, PHP, ASP.NET. Beginning web developers also have to learn browser based technologies including CSS, JavaScript and HTML.

Web developers are in much higher demand at this time because the demand for web applications is much higher than the demand for windows applications. This is because web applications have the advantage of being accessible over the internet to anyone who wants to use it. For every ten web developer jobs advertised, I see about one windows developer job.

The curriculum of study for aspiring web developers is fundamentally different from the curriculum of study for windows developers.The study guide for a web developer career is described in my new e-Book ?How To Learn Programming Fast: From Beginner To Professional Computer Programmer?, which will be released today (Sunday, November 5, 2006).

This e-Book discusses:

1. Which programming languages you need to learn to become a computer programmer.
2. How to choose a programming language that best is best for you.
3. How to quickly master computer programming languages and technologies.
4. How to accelerate your career from beginner or novice to professional or expert computer programmer.
5. Complete study guides and career action plans designed for beginner programmers, junior, intermediate and professional or expert programmers. This study guide also includes the career path for aspiring web developers.

The demand 10 years ago was for windows applications because businesses were still getting used to the INTERNET and the WEB. Today there is a much higher demand for web applications. The web HAS CHANGED the nature of how we do business and how we interact with each other.

Web applications are in demand because they are easier to scale than windows applications. They are more cost effective to support, easier to deploy and vastly more accessible to humans and computers.Because of this, make sure that most of your programming projects are web applications and not windows applications. The skills you gain as a web developer will be in high demand across a wider market than the skills you gain from Windows development.

If a large portfolio of your application development is in Windows, your career may end up with skills that are not marketable and you can become extinct like the Dodo.

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