Web Developers

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What they do:
Develop and implement websites, web applications, application databases, and interactive web interfaces. Evaluate code to ensure that it is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers and devices. Optimize website performance, scalability, and server-side code and processes. May develop website infrastructure and integrate websites with other computer applications.
On the job, you would:
  • Write supporting code for Web applications or Web sites.
  • Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.
  • Back up files from Web sites to local directories for instant recovery in case of problems.

Knowledge

Engineering and Technology

  • computers and electronics

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Math and Science

  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Communications

  • multimedia

Skills

Basic Skills

  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
  • reading work related information

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Abilities

Ideas and Logic

  • use rules to solve problems
  • notice when problems happen

Verbal

  • listen and understand what people say
  • read and understand what is written

Visual Understanding

  • see hidden patterns
  • quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Attention to Detail
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Persistence
  • Dependability
  • Adaptability/Flexibility
  • Initiative

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Web platform development software

  • Bootstrap Hot Technology In Demand
  • Vue.js Hot Technology In Demand

Data base user interface and query software

  • Blackboard software
  • GraphQL Hot Technology

Development environment software

  • Apache Subversion SVN Hot Technology
  • Oracle Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition J2EE Hot Technology

Education

bachelor's degree or
certificate after high school
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Bright
New job opportunities are very likely in the future.

Salary:

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