web developer

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{{Short description|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).{{Cite web |title=Web Development |url=https://www.w3schools.com/whatis/ |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=www.w3schools.com |language=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 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{{Cite web|title=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 database{{Cite web |last=Trapp |first=Tom |date=2022-01-12 |title=Full-fledged full stack with Next.js |url=http://b-nova.com/en/home/content/full-stack-with-next-js |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=b-nova |language=en}}