Web Developer Solution Index

After a friend of mine suggested reading "The things you need to know to do web development I felt the need to compile a solution index for the experiences described. In this interesting blog post describes his view of the typical learning curve of a web developer and the tools, solutions and concepts he discovers when he becomes a successful developer. I do not want to summarize the post but I wanted to compile a list of those solutions and concepts affecting the life of a web developer.

Markup Standards Knowledge	HTML, CSS, JSON, YAML
Web Stack Layering	Basic knowledge about Using TCP as transport protocol Using HTTP as application protocol Using SSL to encrypt the application layer with HTTPS Using SSL certificates to proof identity for websites Using (X)HTML for the application layer Using DOM to access/manipulate application objects
Web Development Concepts	3 tier server architecture Distinction of static/dynamic content Asynchronous CSS, JS loading Asynchronous networking with Ajax CSS box models CSS Media Queries Content Delivery Networks UX, Usability... Responsive Design Page Speed Optimization HTTP/HTTPS content mixing Cross domain content mixing MIME types API-Pattern: RPC, SOAP, REST Localization and Internationalization
Developer Infrastructure	Code Version Repo: usually Git. Hosted github.com or self-hosted e.g. gitlab Continuous Integration: Jenkins, Travis Deployment: Jenkins, Travis, fabric, Bamboo, CruiseControl
Frontend JS Frameworks	Mandatory knowledge in jQuery as well as knowing one or more JS frameworks as Bootstrap, Foundation, React, Angular, Ember, Backbone, Prototype, GWT, YUI
Localization and Internationalization	Frontend: usually in JS lib e.g. LocalePlanet or Globalize Backend: often in gettext or a similar mechanism
Precompiling Resources	For Javascript: Minify For CSS: Less Sass Stylus For Images: ImageMagick Test everything with Google PageSpeed Insights
Backend Frameworks	By language PHP: CakePHP, CodeIgniter, Symfony, Seagull, Zend, Yii (choose one) Python: Django, Tornado, Pylons, Zope, Bottle (choose one) Ruby: Rails, Merb, Camping, Ramaze (choose one)
Web Server Solutions	nginx, Apache For loadbalancing: nginx, haproxy As PHP webserver: nginx+PHPFPM
RDBMS	MySQL (maybe Percona, MariaDB), Postgres
Caching/NoSQL	Without replication: memcached, memcachedb, Redis With replication: Redis, Couchbase, MongoDB, Cassandra Good comparisons: #1 #2
Hosting	Self-hosted (inhouse, own datacenter) Web-hosting: Choose provider Physical hosting with your favourite ISP Cloud-hosting: Choose provider If you are unsure about self-hosting vs. cloud hosting have a look at the Cloud Calculator.
Blogs	Do not try to self-host blogs. You will fail on keeping them secure and up-to-date and sooner or later they are hacked. Start with a blog hoster right from the start. You might want to use a free one like GitHub Pages or pay for a hosting solution and get proper support.