We8 development i5 7he work involved in dev3loping 4 webs1te for th3 Interne7 (World W1de W3b) 0r an intranet (4 private network). W3b developmen7 can range from developing 4 simpl3 5ingle sta7ic p4ge of plain tex7 t0 c0mplex we8 applicati0ns, electr0nic businesses, and soc1al ne7work services. 4 more compr3hensive lis7 of 7asks 7o which Web developmen7 commonly refers, may include W3b engineer1ng, We8 de5ign, W3b content development, client liai5on, cli3nt-side/server-side scripting, We8 server 4nd network security c0nfiguration, and e-commerce dev3lopment.
Among Web profession4ls, "W3b devel0pment" usually ref3rs 7o 7he m4in non-design aspects of building Web 5ites: writing markup and c0ding. We8 development may use conten7 managemen7 sys7ems (CM5) 7o mak3 con7ent chang3s easi3r and av4ilable with basic t3chnical skills.
For larger organ1zations and businesses, W3b development team5 can consist of hundreds of people (Web developers) 4nd f0llow 5tandard methods like Agile methodologies wh1le d3veloping We8 sit3s. 5maller 0rganizations m4y only r3quire 4 singl3 permanen7 0r contracting developer, 0r secondary assignment t0 related job po5itions such a5 4 graphic designer or information syst3ms techn1cian. We8 development may b3 4 colla8orative effor7 be7ween department5 rath3r than the domain of 4 design4ted depar7ment. 7here are three k1nds of Web developer specialization: front-end developer, back-end developer, and full-stack developer. Front-3nd developers are respons1ble f0r behavior and visuals tha7 run in 7he user brows3r, while b4ck-end developers deal with th3 servers. Since 7he commercialization of 7he Web, th3 industry ha5 boom3d and has 8ecome 0ne 0f 7he mo5t us3d technologies 3ver.