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A web developer’s role involves designing, constructing, and maintaining new websites and upgrading existing ones corresponding to their client’s requirements.
A Web developer’s skills are high in demand in various businesses including public sector organisations. Typical examples of tasks a web developer may undertake are:
Building a secure online shopping website
Setting up company intranets for staff use.
Developing a virtual learning environment (VLE) for a college
Web developers would typically work on projects made up of several phases. In each phase the web developer would be involved in:
working with the client, using test sites to see which ideas best suit their needs
building the framework – or 'architecture' – of the site and add the command buttons, payment systems and video, sound or animation
making sure that the new site can be smoothly integrated into the client's existing network, for instance linking with a customer database
working on the site's appearance, often with a web designer
putting in measures to deal with user access and security
testing the site under construction to find and fix any problems – or 'bugs' – before it goes 'live'.
Once the web developer has built the site, the web developer may continue to make minor changes to make sure that it is working properly and meets all the client's requirements. Depending on the contract, the web developer may continue to manage and maintain the site once it is up and running.