Is Javascript a Website Designer Career Requirement?

They say times are changing. And it’s not only the fuel, even career requirements for website designers might see a different demand. Malaysia has an ample resource of Malaysia website designers ranging from students, hobbyists and companies. Lately I read an article titled;
How Good Are You at JavaScript and CSS? I’ve seen someone in UK mentioning this and they too said Javascript was one of the website designer’s requirement.

I’ve written on how to become a creative designer and was asked if drawing skills were a website designer’s requirements but it looks like times are changing. It’s as though Javascript is soon to become one of the requirements for a website designer.

To be honest, I can’t make logic out of programming by myself. The XHTML and CSS knowledge is still alright but the moment we talk about selectors and other gibberish I’ll start spacing out. As for Javascript, I used to get the free scripts and edit from there. I managed to pick up an understanding of it by little ounces but I’m not a creator, that’s for sure.

So is Javascript a requirement in a website designer’s career?

I’d believe it’s good to be able to write it from scratch. But it’s not a necessity. It may sound bias coming from me as a website designer but as the Executive Director of Simpleet Solutions, I’ll also be hiring hands later. Therefore, if someone applies as a website designer I’ve more important requirements I’d be looking at compared to testing his level of Javascript knowledge.

There are plenty of Javascript frameworks to reference and there’s no harm picking up a Javascript book to read up.

However, in your opinion is Javascript (creation and knowledge) a Malaysia website designer’s requirement?

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Posted by dannyfoo on July 9, 2008 | Filed Under My Work |

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    1. Response #1 by Danny Foo on August 5th, 2008

      There isn’t one in particular because it’s not a 1-size fits all business. Plus, with every business comes a need to defines yourself from competitors. I believe that is what’s important in our line of work and not only simply:

      1. Showing my grandest portfolio.

      2. Bragging my high-profile clients.

      With Web Standards, there are new approaches of winning a client. :)

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