Upgrade your Microsoft 70-480-Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 Certification!
Truth be expressed, while many people put 'HTML proficiency'
on their resume, very few are actually great at it. If you are serious about
it, you are definitely aware that many developers know HTML 5 and basic CSS.
Very few of them, however, know them in depth and very few respect proper
syntax and formatting. Many of them are stuck with the 'bad habits' and old
ways coming all the way back from the HTML 4.1 days. So, if you see the
difference, it is natural that you wish to set yourself apart and get a
certification to validate your skills in proper XHTML and well-formed CSS.
Yet, the thing about industry certifications is that most of
them are vendor-based. Take Cisco certifications, for example. They focus on
Cisco solutions and products, although the scope does sometimes exceed the
Cisco technology. And as HTML is so universal, no vendor cared to introduce the
certification.
The times are changing however, as recently Microsoft has
added a set of HTML and CSS exams to their spectrum. Microsoft's exam 70-480,
Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3, can be credited towards a MCSD
(Microsoft Solutions Developer) certification, and gives the recognition and
skills validation to all HTML5 heroes out there.
In fact, you should look into making MCSD: Windows Store Apps
Using HTML5 Certification your ultimate long term goal, as it is based on HTML
and CSS in more than one course. It takes you into the depth of Microsoft Apps,
but it doesn't look like a bad career, does it? As part of the Microsoft Visual
Studio 2012 Technology, it will certainly require you to learn new stuff and
widen your horizons, but it never hurts, right?
MCSD: Windows Store Apps Using HTML5 Consists of the
following steps:
Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3. Required
Exam: 480
As these steps suggest (whether or not you decide to go down
the Microsoft road), to be competitive, you also need to be proficient in
JavaScript. Ajax, PHP, ASP would be useful, too. Anything you need to develop
the best website dynamic possible these days, to put it short.
There is a thing about HTML that explains why there isn't a
bunch of certifications waiting for you out there. You can showcase your
awesome skills with a portfolio. With HTML, having a rocking project portfolio
is key, but you probably know it. One cannot put networking skills in a
portfolio, and subnetting is not exactly a portfolio-perfect case, right? So,
these skills are best measured by exams. Speaking of HTML skills, however, you
can show what you can do - and this is exactly what employers usually want to
see. While we're not trying to discourage you from taking those Microsoft exams
(in fact, we are convinced that you should!), you should keep working towards
your rocking portfolio.
The bottom line here being, as all things IT industry are growing
now, so do the HTML standards. So, your intention to get a recognized
certification isn't to be looked down upon. And if anyone does, tell them about
the exams Microsoft offers and your plans will no longer look like a joke. Yet,
chances are that, besides keeping one step ahead of all the HTML and CSS
trends, you will have to keep expanding your horizons by learning something
new. Just like we all - and that's the best part.
Good Luck,
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