An Introduction To Web Development

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Who is a Web Developer?

A web developer is a professional who specializes in creating and maintaining websites. Web developers use programming languages like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to build the structure, layout, and functionality of websites.

Web developers may work on the front-end, which involves creating the user-facing aspects of a website like the design and interactivity, or the back-end, which involves creating the server-side logic that powers the website’s functionality. They may also work on full-stack development, which involves building both the front-end and back-end components of a website.

what is Web Development?

What is web development introduction?

According to wikipedia “Web development is the work involved in developing a website for the Internet (World Wide Web) or an intranet (a private network). Web development can range from developing a simple single static page of plain text to complex web applications, electronic businesses, and social network services.”

The process of web development includes several stages such as planning, designing, coding, testing, and deployment. In the planning stage, developers work with clients or stakeholders to define the project’s requirements, goals, and target audience. Web development can be divided into two main categories: front-end development and back-end development. Front-end development involves creating the user-facing parts of the website, including the layout, design, and user interaction. Back-end development involves creating the server-side components of the website that interact with the database and handle requests from the front-end.

more info:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_development#:~:text=Web%20development%20is%20the%20work,businesses%2C%20and%20social%20network%20services.

Introduction to Networking and WWW :-

World wide web, simply we can call it WWW is actually a part of the entire internet. we can say it as “WWW is a subset of the internet”. Subset means a part of something bigger.

e.g.:- www.espncricinfo.com is a website that runs on the internet infrastructure.

Internet and WWW are two different things. WWW is a subset of the Internet.

Web Addresses Further Explained:-

https://ec.europa.eu/ This is a example of a Web address so as we can see there are few identifiable parts.

Starting from the left side, the first part (http://),we call the internet protocol.

Next, you have sub-domain(ec) and last domain(europa.eu).

Domain refers to a location of a website. For example, google.com refers to a location of google website is stored. Domain names end with .com, .lk, .uk, .gov and many more suffixes.

Subdomains are an extension of the domain. For example, uom.lk can have multiple subdomains. open.uom.lk and, itfac.uom.lk both have the same domain. That means both websites are in the same location. However, because of the difference in sub-domains, these two are 2 different websites.

Read More:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL#:~:text=Most%20web%20browsers%20display%20the,name%20(%20index.html%20).

https://brainstation.io/career-guides/what-is-web-development#:~:text=Web%20development%2C%20also%20known%20as,web%20programming%2C%20and%20database%20management.

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