Web developer

Programmer who specializes in World Wide Web applications

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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).[1]

## Prerequisite

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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[2]
* 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[3]

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ "Web Development". www.w3schools.com. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
2. ^ "HTML: HyperText Markup Language | MDN". developer.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
3. ^ Trapp, Tom (2022-01-12). "Full-fledged full stack with Next.js". b-nova. Retrieved 2022-12-12.

## External links

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Wikiversity has learning resources about Web design

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

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* Germany

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