Hi,
years ago (6-8) I was a fairly confident web-developer.<p>Having diverted from that path, I have unfortunately lost touch with more recent developments and I'm absolutely overwhelmed by this 'new' world of frameworks, languages, and practices.<p>I'm now looking to get back into web-development (both frondend and backend), and I'm keen to learn. I have a relatively strong background in HTML, CSS, JS, 'oldschool' PHP, and relational databases.<p>My biggest concern is not knowing the current best practices. My search, so far, has only led to more confusion.<p>Hence, I'm looking for material that will get me up to speed, especially on a 'meta-level'. What to learn? How to organize/start modern web-development projects? What are current best practices of doing things?<p>I would really love your input on that!
I would be easy to give you a lot of references to things you could go and read, but the real question is what do you want to archive? Programming is only a means to an end, and you can do everything with the tools you already know such as PHP, HTML & CSS.<p>React.js or the meta-level behind it, virtual DOM, has no doubt improved my front-end skills 10-fold and together with Node.js where I can render all the things in the backend and use the same code, but all that doesn't really matter.<p>What are you doing currently? Maybe I can help you get started? What are your interests?