What is Web Development?


Web development refers to the process of creating and maintaining websites or web applications that are accessible over the internet.

Tim Berners-Lee: Tim Berners-Lee is often credited with inventing the World Wide Web. In 1989, he created the first web server, browser, and the fundamental building blocks of the web, including HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and the URL (Uniform Resource Locator).

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Aspects of web development include:

  • Web Design
  • Web Publishing
  • Web Programming
  • Database Management

Web development is closely related to designing the features and functionality of the apps being developed.


To develop web pages and applications, web developers write lines of code and use a variety of programming languages that vary based on the task and platform they are working on.


Programming languages that are tied to web development include:

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Javascript