Web Developer

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Short description: Programmer who specializes in World Wide Web applications


A web developer is a programmer who develops World Wide Web applications using a client–server model. The applications typically use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in the client, and any general-purpose programming language in the server. HTTP is used for communications between client and server. A web developer may specialize in client-side applications (Front-end web development), server-side applications (back-end development), or both (full-stack development).

Prerequisite

There are no formal educational or license requirements to become a web developer. However, many colleges and trade schools offer coursework in web development. There are also many tutorials and articles which teach web development, often freely available on the web - for example, on JavaScript.

Even though there are no formal requirements, web development projects require web developers to have knowledge and skills such as:

  • Using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript[1]
  • Programming/coding/scripting in one of the many server-side languages or frameworks
  • Understanding server-side/client-side architecture and communication of the kind mentioned above
  • Ability to utilize a database[2]

See also

  • Frontend and backend
  • Outline of web design and web development
  • User interface
  • User experience
  • Website design
  • Web development
  • Software developer

References

  1. "HTML: HyperText Markup Language | MDN" (in en-US). https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML. 
  2. Trapp, Tom (2022-01-12). "Full-fledged full stack with Next.js" (in en). http://b-nova.com/en/home/content/full-stack-with-next-js. 

External links

  • The US Department of Labor's description of Web Developers
  • / World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)



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