Web developer

The job of the web designer is the creation and maintenance of websites on the World Wide Web. The web designer is primarily for design, construction and user guidance, that is, the interface design and the implementation of corporate design responsible.

In larger interactive agencies, the web designer is often used exclusively for the layout and design of Web sites. Further tasks are then adopted by other specialists such as programmers in division of labor.

An important part of the work of web designer, it is also to find the best compromise between the wishes of the client, the needs of visitors and the technical possibilities. A good web designer informed his client also has the typical customer behavior on the Internet and created the page after that.

Subject Requirements

In Job for fixed or freelancers in web design skills are usually requested in the following areas:

  • Design, especially web design
  • Ease of use (english usability ) and accessibility
  • Image processing with graphics software
  • HTML / XHTML (mostly cross-browser ) for structuring the page content
  • CSS for the design, the layout and design of the site
  • Flash ActionScript for the design of animations.
  • Content Management Systems
  • Common HTML editors

If the web designer is used to create a dynamic Web application, one or more of the following additional skills are usually required:

  • PHP for server-side programming
  • Perl server-side programming
  • Java / JSP to server side programming
  • ASP / ASP.NET for server-side programming
  • Python for server-side programming
  • Ruby for server-side programming
  • SQL for the control of SQL databases (eg MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB2, Sybase)
  • Silverlight for creating multimedia and dynamic web content
  • Web server (eg Apache Web Server or Microsoft Internet Information Services)
  • Application server (eg JBoss, Oracle Application Server, BEA Weblogic, IBM Websphere )
  • Operating systems ( such as UNIX, Linux, Windows or Mac OS)

Training

Web designers are usually trained graphic designers, media designers or computer scientist who specializes in this area. Due to the rapid development and relatively young profession, this specialization is done self-taught as a rule. In some cases, meet the qualifications of the professional " web designer " as a single professional with no prior knowledge in computer science, media design or graphic designed. The professional " web designer " is not under regulatory control and is taught exclusively as training of private educational institutions or in industry and commerce. So, anyone can in principle be described as a web designer who can create a website. With new tools, such as home kits, the quality of the work varies sometimes extremely.

Inserted Aids

Depending on the task are tools such as image editors, HTML editors, integrated development environments ( IDEs), content management systems, and often software solutions for the design of animations, online games, video presentations, etc. are used.

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