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In Defense of Web Developers
jeremy.zawodny.com — A quick post from Jeremy Zawodny illustrating how web developers don't get the respect they deserve among software engineers. Also contains a link to another article he wrote on the same issue. It needed to be said, good web development is hard and deserves some credit.
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- LKBM, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Of course good web development deserves some credit. The problem is that 90% of web developers don't do good web development. They /don't/ get props, and they tend to tarnish the reputation of the entire group.
- darkstar949, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I think that one of the biggest problems is that "web development" is a phrase that is used by those that make website that are primarily HTML (perhaps with some CSS, and JavaScript for flavor) where as other consider web development to be web based application development (i.e. sites such as Amazon.com or eBay). Once these terms are cleared up the difference between a developer whom knows that they are doing, and someone that just knows how to make some pages is much clearer.
However, even then, there are alot of web developers that are in fact making dynamic sites and are still practicing poor coding techniques. - spadgos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The distinction between web developers and web *designers* is one that not enough people recognise. A good web developer is actually quite a skilled IT professional - not only do you need to have a solid grasp of proper programming and SQL techniques to make your application efficient and secure, but also a good knowledge of design, usability, accessibility...
- darkstar949, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I think that one of the biggest problems is that "web development" is a phrase that is used by those that make website that are primarily HTML (perhaps with some CSS, and JavaScript for flavor) where as other consider web development to be web based application development (i.e. sites such as Amazon.com or eBay). Once these terms are cleared up the difference between a developer whom knows that they are doing, and someone that just knows how to make some pages is much clearer.
- theatgrex, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Bad web development can be pretty challenging too . If you're the one who has to make it all work.
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