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Front End vs. Back End Development

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 Front End development and Back End development are responsible for the internet you interact with — all day, every day. Front End development uses front end programming languages to create what the user sees in a browser; Back End development uses back end programming languages to fulfill those requests on the server side. Combined, it creates a seamless experience for the user. Diving deeper, this exact page was created using three Front End languages. The words you’re reading are laid out in HTML. The spacing and colors are defined by CSS. The interactive graphics are the result of JavaScript. Back End languages working in the background include Ruby, Python, and PHP. Let’s get away from the technical for a second. In many ways, it’s similar to a city or a house. In a city, there’s the surface level that you’re interacting with and the infrastructure that’s then supporting that surface level. It could be the plumbing system, or the electrical grid powering the city. But, there’s...

Back End Developer

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 What is a Back End developer? A Back End dev uses a set of Back End developer languages to bring the Front End language of a developer to life. While a Front End dev creates the user experience within a browser, the Back End dev is creating the logic that makes those requests a reality. In some ways, a Back End dev is creating the brains and logic of the website. What is a Back End developer? A Back End dev uses Ruby, Python, PHP, SQL, and other Back End programming languages to develop and maintain the Back End logic of a website. Back End devs can be more technical and organized, but they are still a part of a larger team. While they need to know how to create the logic that efficiently pulls the data to fulfill a request, they also need to communicate their needs and potential limitations to the Front End dev. They are also responsible for maintaining this logic system. Back End devs are working with databases, servers, an application programming interface (API) that creates a...

Front End Developer

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 What is Front End development? Front End development and Front End programming languages create what a user interacts with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are the three Front End languages Each language has a specific function HTML CSS JS  A Front End web developer creates visuals — the visual representation of a user’s request within a browser, a need for which began in the mid-1990s with the development of the commercialized internet we know today. The first website ever consisted of a few links about the world wide web project. While a Front End developer was not needed yet, there was a language and protocol that served as the foundation for more exciting websites to come. HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) tables were a revolutionary step to organize content on websites and graphics added visual appeal in the early 1990s. Early websites were still clunky and unintuitive by today’s standards, but it was an important step in web development. Soon, Front End development would flouri...

Can You Be a Web Designer and Developer

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 Can You Be a Designer and Developer? All of these differences seem to imply that designers and developers are two very different jobs or roles. But they don’t have to be. You can be a designer and developer at the same time. More people are beginning to label themselves in this way and it is becoming an in-demand skill-set. Design and development are converging for a number of people and even for designers who never considered learning development and vice versa. I am even one of those people. A bit of a personal story: I came up as a designer working in print design. I had no idea how websites worked or why, nor did I consider building them. That all changed a few years ago when I realized that websites could and should be just as beautiful as printed things. And I would be more valuable as a worker and more satisfied in my job if I could learn both skills. So I started learning to code. I won’t admit to knowing a lot about code. I do know enough to be dangerous. But I can talk t...

What is a Web Developer

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 What’s is a web developer? Web developer is also called front-end developer. Web development is the process of creating a front-end interface such as a web page or app, and implementing the UI interaction by using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, frameworks, and other solutions. The main responsibility of web developers is to collaborate with interaction designers, UI designers, and visual designers to create pages in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript-based on the visual design. At the same time, they should maintenance of the completed page and responsible for the optimization of the website performance. Furthermore, they need to determine whether the interface designed by the UI designer can be implemented through development technology. At the same time, they have to commutate with the back-end developer and determine whether the relevant data can be provided according to the interface content. In addition, a qualified web developer should have a certain aesthetic ability and can work well wi...

What is a Web Designer

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 What’s a web designer? Web designers are responsible for the web visual design,web designer must have a great sense of aesthetics and have the ability to make the website look beautiful. What’s more, they are using web design tools like Photoshop, Coreldraw, Frontpage, Dreamweaver to make the website stand out of the crowd. Web designer's job descriptions Responsible for the overall performance style positioning of the website and to provide an overall visual perception of users; Responsible for the prototyping design; Carry out the graphic design of the product catalog; Carry out various activities of advertising design; Assist developers in page design and other work. In general, web designers are responsible for using their own aesthetic knowledge with a variety of tools to design a beautiful page. A good designer can grasp the entire product style of the company, providing a good impression for customers. Web designer’s career planning First of all, you must have a clear goal ...

Web Designer Skills In The Workplace

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 1. Know the principles of design. 2. Typography. 3. Composition. 4. Color Theory. 5. Software for design. 6. Content Management Systems (CMS). 7. Responsive design. 8. User Experience (UX). 9. User Interface (UI). 10. Graphic design. 11. Photo editing . 12. Patience. 13. Compromise. 14. Self-awareness. 15. Discipline. 16. Communication. 17. Copywriting. 18. Business Strategy. 19. Search engine optimization (SEO). 20. Attention to detail.