What is Web Development | Website Designing | Backend Process

Welcome to the first day of your web development short course, and congratulations on taking your first step towards becoming a full blown web developer!

In this course, you’ll learn about becoming a web developer, ranging from the responsibilities that a web developer performs on a day-to-day basis, to the set of skills you’ll need to be successful in such a role. And, of course, as a web developer you’ll even get your hands dirty with code: we’ll introduce you to the basic building blocks of the web and make sure you skip this course after developing your first website!

What is Web development?

Web development is the work included in developing a website for the Internet (World Wide Web) or an intranet (a private network). Web development can range from developing a simple single static page of plain text to complicated web applications, electronic businesses, and social network services.

A Web development more comprehensive list of tasks to which Web development commonly refers, can involve Web engineering, web design, Web content development, client liaison, client-side/server-side scripting, Web server and network security configuration, and e-commerce development. Web development normally refers to the main non-design aspects of building Web sites: writing markup and coding. Web development is the use of content management systems (CMS) to facilitate content transformation and provide you with basic technical skills can do.

History of web development?

Today, both adults and children use the Internet for small daily tasks. The Internet was created as a visual channel that later gained popularity in pop culture. The general public can only understand computer systems and software with a graphic interface. Common people discovered the power of the Internet from the GUI.

PCs have made their way into our homes and offices with the advent of display screens. It then gained more traction with the advent of word processors, video games, and electronic spreadsheets. Initially, people were not interested in investing in the World Wide Web. But then the scene changed in the early 1990s when blind browsers started coming into their own.

What skills are required to become a web developer?

Factually, just three things: HTML, CSS and JavaScript—the three pillars of the web, which we’ll be learning about over the next few days. Together, these three pillars make each website work, defining the content to be displayed (HTML), telling a browser how to display that content (CSS), and making the content interactive (JavaScript), respectively.  A web developer is well versed with these three techniques. They can read and modify other people’s code. They can find and debug bugs (loopholes in existing code). A web developer may, at times, work on a new project (a new website) from scratch, or may need to work on an existing website and improve it.

How is the Job Outlook for Web Developers?

In short, very nice. Employment of web developers is projected to increase 13 percent from 2018 to 2028, much faster than the average for all occupations. Demand will be driven by the increasing popularity of mobile devices and ecommerce (Bureau of Labor Statistics). This is a great time to be a web developer as startups are flourishing, which results in above average salaries for web developers in most parts of the world.

Also given the nature of the job, finding a remote job as a web developer is easier than several other domains. As a result, it opens up the entire world’s job market to everyone regardless of where they’re physically located.

What are the differences between web development vs web design?

Although there is overlap, there are also significant differences between web development and web design.

Web Designer – Make everything a user sees on a website or software product, including visual, color, typography and usable elements.

Web Developers – Write the code which creates the website action, whether they work on the front end or back end (server-side).

Web Designer – work directly with clients to make designs or work as part of a team to develop client vision.

Web Developers – Create or implement designs requested by the client or created by the design team.

Web Designer – may require knowledge of a programming language or some coding skills, or at least some level of familiarity with widely used languages ​​such as HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript

Web Developers – Requires expert-level knowledge of a variety of programming languages, including HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), CSS, PHP, and JavaScript, but also up to other languages ​​(Ruby, C/C++, Python), frameworks, and libraries is extended.

Web Designers – Build wireframes and prototypes to test design ideas, provide input on design logos, branding, company style guides.

Web Developer – Create mockups, choose typography, or choose color palettes rarely.

Types of Web development

The three main types of web development: front-end development, back-end development, and full-stack development.

Front-end development

Front-end development includes the “client-facing” side of web development. That is to say, generally, front-end web development refers to the part of a site, app or digital product that users will see and interact with. A front-end developer is, therefore, responsible for the way a digital product looks and “feels”, which is why they are often referred to as a web designer.

Front-end web developers focus on website design and translating visual ideas into code. A front-end software developer takes design ideas created by others on web development teams and programs them into reality, acting as a bridge between design and technology. Front-end developers will typically need to have a solid understanding of programming languages, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, as well as frameworks.

Back-End Development

If Front-End Developers are answerable for how a digital product looks, Back-End Developers are concentrated on how it works. A Back-End Developer makes the basic framework of a website before maintaining it and ensuring it performs the way it should, involving database interactions, user authentication, server, network and hosting configuration, and business logic. Working behind the scenes – or server-side – Back End Developers are concerned with the systems and structures that permit computer applications to perform as desired.

Full-stack developer

A full-stack developer is someone that are familiar with both front- and back-end development. Full stack developers generally understand a wide variety of programming languages ​​and because of their versatility, they may be given more leadership roles on projects than developers who are experts. They are generalists, both adept at wearing hats, and are familiar with every layer of development. Clearly, employers want to hire full-stack developers—in fact, according to one study, they’re the fourth most in-demand job in tech.

Conclusion

In today’s web development, a good page design is a must. A poor design will harm visitors and could hurt business. In general, a good page layout has to meet the basic elements of a good page design. This involves color opposition, text organization, font selection, page style, page size, graphics used, and consistency.

To make a well-designed page for a particular audience. The developer needs to organize and analyze users’ statistics and users’ backgrounds. Although it can be hard to come up with a design that is suitable for all users, there will be a design that will suit most audiences. The better the design of the page, the more hits the page will get. This means increased reach and a potential increase in business.

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