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Design

Kartik Shetty
Kartik Shetty
4,914 Points
Posted by Kartik Shetty
Kartik Shetty
4,914 Points

Lack of design skills

I am trying to complete my track on Javascript. I am not at interested in UI design and my design skills are poor. WIll that affect me as a developer?

2 Answers

Zachary Kaufman
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 Points
Zachary Kaufman
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 Points

No not really, I mean if you go and work for a business as a Javascript developer then you'll be with a team of people to help with stuff like that. Everyone has strength and weaknesses and being a good designer is definitely NOT a required skill for Javascript (or any programming) development. Good luck with your classes :)

Mayur Pande
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Mayur Pande
Courses Plus Student 11,711 Points
Mayur Pande
Mayur Pande
Courses Plus Student 11,711 Points

I completely agree with Zachary, I am not the greatest designer. However I have been programming mainly with back-end languages such as php and have tried to stay away from javascript, however now it seems like I need to know a little more as I delve deeper into programming. This does not mean that I have to know everything about being a designer.

Also if you get stuck on designs for sites, go look at some wordpress themes, and try and re-create them yourself using html,css,js,php etc.