Isabella Di Fabio What is web development? Web development means building and maintaining websites; It is the work that takes place in the background and that allows a website to have a flawless appearance, fast operation and good performance to allow the best user experience. Web developers are like goblins with powers - you never see them, but they're the ones who make everything right and work quickly and efficiently. The knowledge and skills related to web development are the most demanded and also the best paid. It is a race with many possibilities and exits.
But how do you do it? Web developers do this through various programming languages. The language they use at all times depends on the type of task they are doing. Web development is generally divided into Frontend (the client part) and Backend (the server part). Frontend, Backend or Full-stack, who is who? A Frontend developer handles composition, layout, and interactivity using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Developer Frontend takes an idea and turns it into reality. What you see and what you use, such as the visual aspect of the website, the drop-down menus and the text, are created by the developer Frontend, who writes a series of programs to
give structure, shape and interactivity to these elements. These programs are then run through a browser. The developer Backend takes care of what is not seen, i.e. where the data is stored. Without data there is no Frontend. The Backend consists of the server that hosts the web, an application to run it and a database. The developer Backend uses computer programs to ensure that the server, the application and the database have a regular joint performance. In addition, it analyzes what the company needs and provides efficient programming solutions. To do this amazing job, it uses a number of server-side languages, such as PHP, Ruby, Python, and Java. If you are interested in both Frontend and Backend, you should consider becoming a full-stack developer. The Full-stack developer is in charge of both the Frontend and the Backend, and needs to know how the web works at all levels to determine how the client and server will coordinate. Achieving this level of experience requires more time, of course, since there is more to learn.