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'''Definition'''

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This is a [[software developer]] or [[software engineer]] who is specifically engaged in the development of [[World Wide Web]] applications, or distrubuted network applications that are run over the http protocol using an http server, a [[web server]], and an http client, a [[web browser]]. Web developers can be [[webmasters]] who handle website administration and web design as well as web application development or can simply be web application developers. Web developers are formally in charge of [[web development]] within their respective organizations or also as freelance software developers.

'''Tools of the Trade'''

As software developers for the Web, web developers use:

•interpreted scripting languages like [[Perl]], [[Python]], [[PHP]], [[Ruby]], [[VBScript]], [[JScript]], etc. as well as some compiled languages like [[Java]],[[C]]/[[C++]],[[C#]],[[VB.Net]] that are either pre-compiled or just-in-time compiled to create dynamic and interactive server-side web applications.

•the interpreted scripting language [[JavaScript]], also called [[ECMAScript]], [[HTML]] markup and cascading stylesheets, [[CSS]], on the client-side to build web applications.

•[[relational database management systems]], or [[RDBMS]]s, like [[MySql]], Microsoft's [[SQL Server]], [[Oracle]], [[PostgreSQL]], etc. to handle data collection from web users as well as storing either public or private data that is shared over networks via the Web.

[[User:Mgiorno|Mgiorno]] 15:24, 15 September 2006 (UTC)Mario Giorno