Hello, this tutorial is made to help and educate you to choose a career in web development. It is for beginners that are having issues with what web development is and what career part to chose from it.
Most time people confuse web development to web design. So who really is a web developer?
I would say a web developer is a kind of programmer who writes code for the development of applications relating to the World Wide Web using associated programming languages like HTML/CSS, C#, Ruby and PHP to name a few. A Web developer is usually concerned with the programming aspect of creating a website or Web application.
A web developer is responsible for sometimes the designing, but it’s his full responsibility to do the coding and modifying of the websites, from layout i.e. the structure to function and according to a client’s specifications, they also Strive to create visually appealing sites that are user-friendly, has clear navigation and is responsive i.e works well on all devices.
Types of web developers
In this article, I will be talking about 6 types of web developers and will also highlight the ones we see every day.
Front-end Developer
This kind of developer writes codes for visual user interfaces, including the beautifying and its layouts. This type of developer spent most of his time dealing with compatibility issues of cross-browser and adjust or modifies details of the visual presentation of a UI(User Interface).
Front-end developer should be good with HTML, CSS, the design of user interface (UI) and user experience (UX), JavaScript, and a framework of his choice or any needed to accomplish his work.
Backend Developer
A backend developer is a type of programmer who creates the logic of a software application, He creates components and features that are indirectly accessed by a user through a front-end application or system. Back-end developer’s deal with very complex work of a website, but their complexity is often not visible to the users.
Let me explain with this example, when you visit a search engine you will see a title, a text box, and buttons that are being designed by a front-end developer but the back-end developer handles more complex system, that is able to crawl the web, index it, and find what you are looking for with a growing array of mechanisms. They write code with programming languages such as Java, C, C++, Ruby, Perl, Python, etc. Back-end developers often need to integrate with a vast array of services such as databases, data storage systems, caching systems, logging systems, email systems, etc.
Full-stack Developer
This kind of developer does both the work of a front-end and back-end work. A full-stack developer has the skills to create a fully functional web application. He knows and writes both front end and back end languages.
Middle-Tier Developer
This is a developer who writes non-UI code that runs in a browser and often talking to non-core code running on a server. In general, the middle tier is the “plumbing” of a system.
The term middle-tier developer is used to describe someone who is not specialized in the front-end or the back-end but can do a bit of both, without being a full stack developer. Only rarely engineers have this as a title, as it is more of a description of a skill set than a career path.
High-Level Developer
This is a general term for a developer who writes code that is very far from the hardware, in high-level scripting languages such as PHP, Perl, Python, and Ruby. Web developers are often high-level developers, but not always.
WordPress Developer
I include WordPress developers in this list because they are also a group of web developers. They create and customize themes and plugins for WordPress and administer WordPress sites.
This kind of developer uses the WordPress system, PHP, JavaScript, and HTML. These are some of the types of web developers, remember I said I will mention a few of them.
Most times we hear mostly these three types of web developers and they are:
Difference between a Web designer and Web developer?
A web designer is a person or group of people who are responsible for the creation of the website concept. They might decide that it needs to be a certain colour, with certain content and pages. They may do things like creating infographics, logos, and videos, and they tell the developer where these things have to be put on the web page. However, they don’t take part in the construction of the website or the underlying code.
The web developer takes the designer’s concepts and creates the code that is used to turn them into a website and bring them to people like you and me. So it’s here you can find a front end developer, back end developer and a full-stack.
LANGUAGES/FRAMEWORKS FOR FRONT-END DEVELOPERS
HTML. CSS. JavaScript. Bootstrap. Angular React Vue JS
LANGUAGES/FRAMEWORKS FOR BACK-END DEVELOPERS
PHP Python Ruby Laravel Node JS Code Igniter
LANGUAGES/FRAMEWORKS FOR FULL STACK DEVELOPERS HTML. CSS. JavaScript. PHP Python Ruby Bootstrap. Angular React Vue JS Laravel Code Igniter Node Js
Conclusion
A web developer is someone who constructs the code that builds websites and tells our internet browsers — like Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Safari — how to display them.
If you would like to become a web developer, you must first choose between front-end, back-end, and full-stack development. You will need to learn the relevant languages, and you will need to practice building websites and the applications which run them.
Good luck, have fun, and get out there and start learning!