Marcus Richards
Pearl Lemon Web is a multi award winning web design company which offers its services to any team in any niche.
What is Web Development?
Web development refers to the tasks associated with developing websites for hosting purposes through the internet. This includes multiple processes such as web design, content development, client side/ server side scripting and network security configuration.
In layman’s terms, web development consists of all the functions required to manage a website for users to utilize.
The Web Development Hierarchy
Web development is a concept which has a vast array of properties. There is a lot to cover when it comes to web development, which is why a hierarchy is created to simplify it a little. The hierarchy is as follows
- Client Side Coding
This is the program which runs on the client and deals with user interface and other processing which occurs on client machines such as reading or writing cookies.
- Server Side Coding
This type of programming runs directly on the server. It handles dynamic content, processes user input, displays requested pages, interacts with databases and so on.
- Database Technology
Database technologies taje information and store, organize and process it in such a way that it allows users to go back and find details that they are searching for with ease.
Web Developers and their Job
Since web development comprises a lot of functions and a lot of responsibilities to be covered, web developers are divided into three types: Front end developers, back end developers and full stack developers.
Front end developers, or devs for short manage the visual aspects of the website such as the layout, navigation bar etc.
Back end devs manage the smooth running of a website such as hosting services, database and applications. They are considered the engineers of web development and use tools like Java, Python and Ruby to solve server issues.
Full stack devs manage both front end and back end tasks simultaneously.
Web Development Consulting
Web development consultants help with identifying your website’s needs, gather what is required, design and make a blueprint plan for your website and manage the website process.
