What is Web Development? How to become one?

What is Web Development?

What is a Web Developer?

Web Developer is someone who makes and even maintains websites. Web Developers’ primary role is to make a comprehensive website that is user-friendly and visually attractive that can fulfill the organization’s objective, whether it is to simply to let the audience know that the business exists or make some sales. 

There can be 4 different types of Web Developers. They are :

  • Front-End Developer
  • Back-End Developer
  • Full-Stack Developer
  • Webmasters

How to Become a Web Developer ?

In order to become a Web Developer. There is no need for a degree. As long as one has the general skills such as:

  • Discipline
  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail

And the technical skills like:

  • Programming
  • Creativity in making website designs 
  • Understanding the audience (What do they want)
  • SEO (Search Engine Optimisation)

As I stated earlier, there are 4 types of web developers. All of these 4 types of Web Developer require a different set of programming languages. For instance, Front-End Developer requires different programming languages than the Back-End Developer.

4 types of Web Developers:

-Front-End Developer

Front-End Developers are responsible for the front of the website, which is its visual. Front-End Developers write code for the visual design of the website, which has to be interactive, user-friendly and should have the ability to fulfill owners objective.

There are three main languages that you need to learn in order to be a Front-End Developer. They are HTML, CSS and Javascript.

-Back-End Developer

Back-Eng Developers are responsible for everything that goes in the background of the website. Back-End writes code for the database, applications and server etc. In a nutshell, Back-End development connects everything together. The moment anyone clicks on the button on the website, the work of Back-End development begins. It connects the exterior or outer of the website with the server etc.

There are plenty of programming languages that you will need to learn in order to become a Back-End Developer: Python, PHP, SQL, Javascript and Python etc.

-Full-Stack Developer

Full-Stack Developer is pretty much what it sounds like. Full-Stack Development involves both Front-End and Back-End Development. You will need to learn everything that Front-End and Back-End developers learn. Therefore, it is assumed that Full-Stack developers will have more opportunities and tend to get paid more as well.

-Webmasters

Webmasters are responsible for maintaining the existing websites. In order to become a Webmasters, you need to have plenty of basic skills to manage a website such as Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), bug fixings or understanding the analytics etc.

How to learn Web Development?

There are many ways that lead to Web Development. Web Development can be learned in the universities or sitting home from the internet. There are plenty of websites such as W3school that will teach you programming. There are also many Youtube Channels that will teach the programming to become a Web Developer.

Once you have learned programming. The next would be to make a portfolio, which is considered to be one of the most important things in the career of programmers regardless of whether you have a degree or not. It is called “Portfolio”. You can make a portfolio in Git or you can simply make it yourself in some folder of your computer and send it to the employer when needed. You can also make a portfolio website, in which you will have your portfolio. 

Certification

Technology world is rapidly changing. There is a new trend that has been seen in recent years, where companies and organizations are not bothering about what kind of degree you have. Instead, companies are demanding for the skills, experience and portfolios.

Therefore, there is no need for any kind of certification as long as you can prove that you can do the job by showing them a good portfolio. However, if you do want to get it anyways or to make your CV look good. Then, I would highly suggest doing it from well known and reputed organisations like Coursera, W3school or HackerRank etc. 

Getting started…

Regardless of whether you are a student or an employee. If you are looking to start, you can start for free. You simply have to go to websites like W3school or SimpliLearn etc and watch Youtube Videos.