Definition
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 Style Sheets, CSS, on the client-side to build web applications.
•relational database management systems, or RDBMSs, like MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle database, 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.
Mgiorno 15:24, 15 September 2006 (UTC)Mario Giorno