Types of Web Developers — You Must Know

Web Development is about building a website. A website mainly has 2 major parts — Front End and Back End. Based on their domain of work Web Developers are categorized in the following categories:

1. Front End Web Developer

The Front End Web Developer is responsible for creating the look and creative components of a particular website. They are the ones who make the website very appealing to the users with interactive features and smooth experience.

Technologies Used:

1. HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) which is responsible for giving a structure to the webpage.
2. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) which is used for styling the webpage.
3. Java Script which is used for making the web page responsive.
4. Jquery which is a Java Script library
5. Bootstrap which is a framework helps in developing responsive, mobile first websites
6. Angular which is a Java script framework used for building user interfaces, Single Page Applications.
7. React which is a Java script library used for building user interfaces, Single Page Applications and responsive UI components.

If you like to build the front end that the look of the website then definitely you can go for this. Apart from all the technologies mentioned above you need to know a little bit about Back End Web Development also.

If you are looking for a Front End Developer Course from scratch check out this course -> Learn HTML, CSS and Java Script

2. Back End Web Developer

A Back End Developer writes the server side code to ensure data flows from website’s front end to the server and from the server to the website. They write code to ensure interaction between the front end ( what the user sees and interacts with) to the back end (which consists of the servers, databases etc. )

Technologies Used:

1. Java
2. PHP
3. Ruby
4. C#
5. Python
6. MySQL
7. MongoDB

For writing backend code you need to choose a programming language, the most popular ones are Python, Java, PHP and for database operations there are MySQL, MongoDB etc.

If you choose to be a backend end developer you must have a strong hold on coding and you must also understand some parts of front end development in order to understand their functionalities.

3. Full Stack Web Developer

Full Stack developers work on both front end and back end of a website. They can create an entire functioning and dynamic websites themselves as they understand both ends of Web Development

Technologies Used:

1. Java
2. PHP
3. Ruby
4. C#
5. Python
6. MySQL
7. MongoDB
8. HTML
9. CSS
10. Java Script
11. Jquery
12. Bootstrap
13. Angular
14. React

They know some of all front end and back end technologies.

If you want to become a Full Stack developer focus on both front end and back end technologies. Start with front end first ( Complete front end web development course for beginners -> Learn HTML, CSS and Java Script) and then move to back end technologies. Create small websites to implement your learnings. You can follow us on instagram Skill Self to get project ideas, coding exercises, web development workshop, quizzes etc.

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MERN Stack Developer

MERN is the acronym for MongoDB, Express JS, React JS and Node JS. It is an open source full stack web development framework which provides the front end as well as the back end components.

Technologies Used:

1. MongoDB
2. Express JS
3. React JS
4. Node JS

Every type of Web Developers have their own type of specialization which makes the websites we see on the internet so engaging and responsive. Whichever type of web developer you want to be just make sure you love it and enjoy doing it

I hope you found this story useful. Comment below — Which type of Web Developer do you want to be?

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