It is possible to earn a degree in Web Development. You can also earn various levels of 'certification' by attending different bachelors and/or courses in various universities/colleges both in the US and abroad.
In general CS degrees vary in the curricula depending on the emphasis' offered by the institution. That being said, in general a CS degree doesn't specialize in teaching you how to design, program, and deploy a consumer facing web application. They might touch on the subject, but seldom do they spend much effort to educate you on the ups and downs.
A traditional degree generally teaches things like operating systems, algorithms at various difficulty levels, networking, and a bunch of other topics that are in broad terms skipped when teaching about design and development of web applications. Have in mind Computer Science as a whole is comprised of various topics and skill-sets that are more "traditional" and change or mutate at a much slower rate in comparison to the tools and skill-sets required for Web Development. "The next big thing" and segmentation of tools and tech is a reality of life when developing web applications, much more so than in traditional Computer Science jobs.
Now to answer your last question. I don't think a Web Dev degree is worth it. Web Development itself is easy in the grand scheme of things. I dropped out of school because I found it extremely boring (CS, don't think I would have lasted more than a few months in a Web Dev bachelors) and wanted to do things with the knowledge I had collected since I was 12 years old. The reality is that neither a Web Dev or CS course will get you half as ready for the real world requirements. That being said a CS degree will prepare you for a plethora of different roles, including Web Dev, and in MY OPINION is totally worth it, specially if you go for a Masters after. Get a traditional CS degree, or even better get a business degree, and get the experience and knowledge of building web apps on your own. That's what I wish I had done instead of just taking the plunge without a degree.
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It is possible to earn a degree in Web Development. You can also earn various levels of 'certification' by attending different bachelors and/or courses in various universities/colleges both in the US and abroad.
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In general CS degrees vary in the curricula depending on the emphasis' offered by the institution. That being said, in general a CS degree doesn't specialize in teaching you how to design, program, and deploy a consumer facing web application. They might touch on the subject, but seldom do they spend much effort to educate you on the ups and downs.
A traditional degree generally teaches things like operating systems, algorithms at various difficulty levels, networking, and a bunch of other topics that are in broad terms skipped when teaching about design and development of web applications. Have in mind Computer Science as a whole is comprised of various topics and skill-sets that are more "traditional" and change or mutate at a much slower rate in comparison to the tools and skill-sets required for Web Development. "The next big thing" and segmentation of tools and tech is a reality of life when developing web applications, much more so than in traditional Computer Science jobs.
Now to answer your last question. I don't think a Web Dev degree is worth it. Web Development itself is easy in the grand scheme of things. I dropped out of school because I found it extremely boring (CS, don't think I would have lasted more than a few months in a Web Dev bachelors) and wanted to do things with the knowledge I had collected since I was 12 years old. The reality is that neither a Web Dev or CS course will get you half as ready for the real world requirements. That being said a CS degree will prepare you for a plethora of different roles, including Web Dev, and in MY OPINION is totally worth it, specially if you go for a Masters after. Get a traditional CS degree, or even better get a business degree, and get the experience and knowledge of building web apps on your own. That's what I wish I had done instead of just taking the plunge without a degree.