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HOW TO BECOME A HACKER!?

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1/ Start with Linux: Run a UNIX-like operating systems are the operating systems of the internet, while you can learn to use the internet without understanding UNIX.   For this reason, the hacker culture today is pretty strongly UNIX-centered. There are many types of UNIX-like operating systems, the most popular being Linux, which you can run alongside Microsoft windows on the same machine. 2/ Learn HTML: If you don’t know how to program, learning basic Hypertext mark-up language (HTML) and gradually building proficiency is essential. What you see when you look at a website of pictures, images and design components is all codes using HTML. 3/ Learn the language of Programming: Python is a good “language “to start off with because it’s cleanly designed, well documented, and relatively kind to beginners. Despite being a good first language, it is not just a toy; it is very powerful, flexible, and well-suited for large projects. Java is an alt...

Frontend vs. Backend

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The differences between design and development actually lead to more of a discussion around frontend and backend web work.    Let’s start with the frontend… Front End : When we discuss the “frontend” of the web, what we’re really talking about is the part of the web that you can see and interact with. The frontend usually consists of two parts: the web design and front end web development. In the past when someone discussed development it usually referred to the backend, but in recent years there has been a real need to differentiate between designers that worked strictly in Photoshop and those that could code HTML and CSS . It went even further when designers crossed the lines to working with JavaScript and jQuery . So now when we discuss the term “web design”, we’re really talking about those that work with Photoshop and Fireworks, and those that code using HTML, CSS, JavaScript or jQuery (it might be important here to state that jQuery is a compiled li...