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'''Web development''' is the work involved in developing a [[Web site|website]] for the [[Internet]] ([[World Wide Web]]) or an [[intranet]] (a private network).<ref name="Techopedia.com">{{Cite web |title=What is Web Development? - Definition from Techopedia |url=https://www.techopedia.com/definition/23889/web-development |access-date=2018-12-07 |website=Techopedia.com |language=en}}</ref> Web development can range from developing a simple single [[Static Web page|static page]] of [[plain text]] to complex [[web application]]s, [[electronic business]]es, and [[social network service]]s. A more comprehensive list of tasks to which Web development commonly refers, may include [[Web engineering]], [[Web design]], [[Web content development]], client liaison, [[Client-side scripting|client-side]]/[[server-side scripting]], [[Web server]] and [[network security]] configuration, and [[e-commerce]] development.

==== '''Web Development''' ====

Web development makes you skillful enough to build websites from the beginning using programming languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and frameworks like React. These are the skills that cannot be replaced with any other making IT relevant in the industry. Time duration is kind of more than graphic designing but worth it, making it from 3-6 months and the institutes offering this course are EVS Professional Training Institute and PNY training. [https://www.theopinion.com.pk/best-computer-short-courses-in-pakistan/ The Opinion]

Web development is the work involved in developing a [[Web site|website]] for the [[Internet]] ([[World Wide Web]]) or an [[intranet]] (a private network).<ref name="Techopedia.com">{{Cite web |title=What is Web Development? - Definition from Techopedia |url=https://www.techopedia.com/definition/23889/web-development |access-date=2018-12-07 |website=Techopedia.com |language=en}}</ref> Web development can range from developing a simple single [[Static Web page|static page]] of [[plain text]] to complex [[web application]]s, [[electronic business]]es, and [[social network service]]s. A more comprehensive list of tasks to which Web development commonly refers, may include [[Web engineering]], [[Web design]], [[Web content development]], client liaison, [[Client-side scripting|client-side]]/[[server-side scripting]], [[Web server]] and [[network security]] configuration, and [[e-commerce]] development.

Among Web professionals, "Web development" usually refers to the main non-design aspects of building Web sites: writing [[Markup language|markup]] and [[Computer programming|coding]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Campbell |first=Jennifer |title=Web Design: Introductory |publisher=Cengage Learning |year=2017 |pages=27}}</ref> Web development may use [[content management system]]s (CMS) to make content changes easier and available with basic technical skills.

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The primary goal in the development of the Web was to fulfill the automated information-sharing needs of academics affiliated with institutions and various global organizations. Consequently, [[HTML]] was developed in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WebD2: A Brief History of HTML |url=https://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/webd2/student/unit1/module3/html_history.html#:~:text=The%20first%20version%20of%20HTML,official%20standard%20in%20December%201999. |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=www.washington.edu}}</ref>

Web 1.0 is described as the first paradigm wherein users could only view material and provide a small amount of information.<ref name="Soni-2023">{{Cite journal |last1=Soni |first1=Anuj |last2=Gupta |first2=Sachin |last3=Talwandi |first3=Navjot Singh |date=September 2023 |title=Evolution Of Web Technologies in Recent Years |url=https://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309347.pdf |journal=Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research |volume=10 |issue=9 |issn=2349-5162}}</ref> Core protocols of web 1.0 were [[HTTP]], HTML and [[Uniform Resource Identifier|URI]].<ref name="Jazayeri-2007">{{Cite book |title=Future of Software Engineering (FOSE '07) |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4221621 |access-date=2023-11-30 |doi=10.1109/fose.2007.26 |date=2007 |last1=Jazayeri |first1=Mehdi |chapter=Some Trends in Web Application Development |pages=199–213 |isbn=978-0-7695-2829-8 |s2cid=7279594 }}</ref>

=== Web 2.0 ===

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Web 2.0 introduced increased user engagement and communication. It evolved from the static, read-only nature of Web 1.0 and became an integrated network for engagement and communication. It is often referred to as a user-focused, read-write online network.<ref name="Soni-2023" />

In the realm of Web 2.0 environments, users now have access to a platform that encourages sharing activities such as creating music, files, images, and movies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Heather |date=2022-05-01 |title=Web 2.0 Explained: Everything You Need To Know |url=https://history-computer.com/web-2-0/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=History-Computer |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109091721/https://history-computer.com/web-2-0/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The architecture of Web 2.0 is often considered the "backbone of the internet," using standardized [[XML]] (Extensible Markup Language) tags to authorize information flow from independent platforms and [[online database]]s.<ref name="Soni-2023" />

=== Web 3.0 ===