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{{pp-semi-indef|small=yes}}{{Short description|Programmer who specializes in World Wide Web applications}}{{More citations needed|date=May 2013}}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).WEB, Web Development,weblink 2024-02-15, www.w3schools.com, en-US,

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 (wikiversity: Basic JavaScript|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 JavaScriptWEB, HTML: HyperText Markup Language {{!, MDN|url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML|access-date=2022-05-12|website=developer.mozilla.org|language=en-US}}
• 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 databaseWEB, Trapp, Tom, 2022-01-12, Full-fledged full stack with Next.js,weblink 2022-12-12, b-nova, en,

See also

• 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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External links

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

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