Ever since the evolution of World Wide Web that gave
birth to an infinite, nonstop, and hyper-linked cyber world, website development
has emerged as a key global industry.
The Ever-Growing Web
According to
Plunkett Research estimate, “Worldwide, more than 1.1
billion people are using the Internet. China has become the
second largest online market, after the U.S., with more than
132 million Internet users. The number of American homes and
businesses with broadband access capabilities topped 60
million as 2007 began…...The U.S. population is becoming
more tech-savvy, with at least 72% of American adults
surfing the net on a regular basis.”
The booming Internet industry connotes more websites,
that means more web development which in turn implies
requirement of more and more web developers. The message is
loud and clear – train yourself to be a web developer and
become a part of the massive web development industry.
Degree in Web development
To be a professional web developer you need to
enroll for a web development course offered by
a reputed school, college, university, community college,
vocational institute, or any other private institute. You can
opt for an Associate Degree in Web Development, a
Master Degree in Web Development, Diploma in
Web Development, Bachelor Degree in Web Development or a
Certificate in Web Development. These web development programs will enable you to join web
development or web designing arena for a prospective career.
There is a slight difference
between a web developer and a web designer. According to
Kunle Adewunmi, CEO WebSignature and Web Services, Toronto,
“Web development is supposed to focus on developing back end
web applications (db integration, jsp, servlets, asp, etc.),
while a web designer should focus only on the front end
(html coding, flash, css, java script).” However, most of
the programs give you the right blend of training to make
you eligible for both the arenas.
A web development degree program would
generally include training on setting up interactive forms,
shopping carts, and mailing lists, HTML coding, FrontPage,
Dreamweaver, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Design, Graphics,
Flash, Testing, web programming tools and
software such as Visual C++, C, Cold Fusion, SQL, JSP, Java,
VBScript, MS-SQL, ACCESS, My SQL CGI, Perl, ASP, Flash, PHP,
XML and DHTML.
Salaries
Web development offers some rewarding career opportunities.
According to Salary.com, the median expected salary for a
typical Web Designer in the United States is $50,372.
Aspiring web developers must take note of the fact that the
web development industry is expected to grow over 20% by
2010.
