web developer
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A typical web developer's workstation.
A
web developer is a
software developer or
software engineer who is specifically engaged in the development of
World Wide Web applications, or distributed network applications that are run over the
HTTP protocol from a
web server to a
web browser.
Nature of employment
Web developers can be found working in all types of organizations, including large
corporations and
governments, small and medium sized
companies, or alone as
freelancers. Some web developers work for one organization as a permanent
full-time employee, while others may work as independent
consultants, or as contractors for an
employment agency.
Type of work performed
Modern
web applications, often contain two or more
tiers and depending on the size of the team a developer works on, he or she may specialize in one or more of these tiers - or may take a more
interdisciplinary role. For example, in a two person team, one developer may focus on the technologies sent to the
client such as
HTML,
JavaScript,
CSS, and on the
server-side frameworks (such as
Perl,
Python,
Ruby,
PHP,
JSP,
.NET) used to deliver content and scripts to the client. Meanwhile the other developer might focus on the interaction between server-side frameworks, the
web server, and a
database system. Further, depending on the size of their organization, the aforementioned developers might work closely with a
web designer,
web producer,
project manager,
software architect, or
database administrator - or they may be responsible for tasks such as
web design,
project management, and
database administration themselves.
Educational and licensure requirements
There are no formal educational or licensure 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, freely available on the web - for example:
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References
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