A web page may be created for personal or professional purposes.
Technology has made web development a convenient process. In fact the
benefits of technology vis-à-vis the web are meant for both developers
and users. The increased usage of the web and the growing number of
websites are an indication of this. And what sets the web apart from
other technologies such as the television and radio is the space it
gives to the user. Everyone can have a web site of their own, but not
everyone can, for instance, have a show on television.
The mix of personal and professional web spaces is interesting
to track. In the initial days of the web, the purpose was purely
idea-sharing at an academic level. In about two years, the web was
opened up as a public place and you started seeing a mix of personal
and professional sites. In the next stage of its growth, the web was
filled with everyone's personal sites. Everyone had a web page up and
ready with personal photographs, 'about me' etc. And then came the boom
of companies on the web, and business on the web grew like never
before. The web became an inimitable marketplace for people to buy and
sell all kinds of products and services.
In the lifecycle of website creation, the development team
evaluates and, if necessary, revises ideas storyboarded by the design
team. Web development is a specialized area of work which involves an
understanding, even if not knowledge, of all other related processes.
It can be said that the development team is directly responsible for
the creation of a finished website. Evaluation is not just a technical
procedure, and involves some degree of subjectivity also. Developers do
not just mechanically use rules to create webpage. Individual web
developers would bring their own style to the work, and the final
product would be influenced in that way.
Web development is carried out with the use of languages such as
HTML, XML, Flash, Perl, CSS etc. Like languages we use in our day to
day life, each of these languages used for web development has their
own respective logics. A web developer must be well-versed in the use
of one or more of these languages. The lay person has a very simplistic
understanding of what web development involves. The development stage
of a website is in fact a long-drawn process often requiring rework and
multiple revisions. Both creation and maintenance of a web space is
known as web development.
As mentioned earlier technology is now geared towards making it
easier for a common person to develop a web page. There are, now, many
tools available to help a person develop a website and make the web
development process easier to an extent. The very fact that there are
websites taking care of the complete development side of website
creation for users, speaks volumes for the complexities involved in web
development. A lot of the complexities of web development arise from
the fact that a web developer must possess the ability to troubleshoot
serious technical problems.
Asynchronous JavaScript And XML (AJAX) is a web development
technique used to create interactive web applications. Even though the
phenomena itself has been around on the web for about a decade, the
term AJAX was recently attributed to this technique which is often
misunderstood as being to be a technology. AJAX is very relevant in
present day web surfing. There are times when you need your website to
seem more responsive. But at the same time to continually process small
amounts of data requested by the user you cannot afford for the whole
web site to be reloaded. AJAX allows this activity to go on behind the
scenes which accentuates the sense of interactivity on the web without
affecting the speed of the web site. Filling up forms on websites, and
other such activities become particularly easy because of this
technique.
The technicalities can be avoided, but any company doing
business online must have a good understanding of web development.
These companies looking for a resounding web presence must be aware of
issues like browser compatibility, accessibility, and web standards.
Web standards in particular have been put in place to ensure that
websites meet their fundamental purpose if communicating with a user.
In the field of web development 'web development India' is the
new mantra of success. Global companies are recognizing the
path-breaking working being carried out by web developers in India.
Companies from across the world are partnering with Indian firms
because of the cost-effective, superior quality services on offer. Web
development professionals in India with their expertise are attractive
key global players towards India. Touted as an industry that will see
phenomenal growth in the next couple of years, web development India is
surely going to be the way of the future.
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