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 JavaScript2
- 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 database3
See also
- Frontend and backend
- Outline of web design and web development
- User interface
- User experience
- Website design
- Web development
- Software developer
External links
Wikiversity has learning resources about Web design- The US Department of Labor's description of Web Developers
- / World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
References
"Web Development". www.w3schools.com. Retrieved 2024-02-15. https://www.w3schools.com/whatis/ ↩
"HTML: HyperText Markup Language | MDN". developer.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2022-05-12. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML ↩
Trapp, Tom (2022-01-12). "Full-fledged full stack with Next.js". b-nova. Retrieved 2022-12-12. http://b-nova.com/en/home/content/full-stack-with-next-js ↩