What is a web developer?

Who is actually a web developer? When interpreting the term literally in relation to IT, we could conclude it’s a programmer for websites. It is definitely an IT specialist, which means a programmer, but there is no way to define it precisely, it’s a very general term, and it can only be given a detailed meaning when we specify the scope of tasks or technologies. They are responsible for web applications — mainly for creating them.

A web developer has plenty of career paths, sets of skills and possibilities. In most cases, it’s a front-end type programmer who is responsible for the website visible to the end user, its mechanics, the web app. But there are also IT specialists working at the so-called back-end as well as DevOps that are referred to as web developers. Unlike a web architect, a web developer doesn’t specialize in graphics or aesthetics of WWW on the designing side. Neither is its content itself within the scope of tasks of a front-end developer, the content is taken care of by the client, a copywriter or the person in charge of SEO.