Whats the difference between a web designer and a web developer?
2007-02-23 02:06:42 · 5 answers · asked by J. 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
A designer is focused more on the look and feel, the layout and whatnot. This is more of an art.
A developer builds the web application. (It usually involves some dynamic content and backend programming.) This is more of a science.
2007-02-23 02:12:01 · answer #1 · answered by Vegan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Designers are often Graphic Designers using software programs like Dream Weaver.
Developers are generally people with CS degrees programming in Java, Java Script, XML, SQl to develop a web based solution for a set of problems.
2007-02-23 11:43:20 · answer #2 · answered by Ernie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The designer chooses the layout, pictures, icons, logo, colours etc...
The developer writes the code that ensures the web application is functional & interactive. That is to say the developer is essentially a computer programmer.
2007-02-23 10:21:31 · answer #3 · answered by Smutty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Web Designer: is the person who knows how to use graphic design programs such as Photoshop and illustrator and have a little background on web publishing softwares and simple programming languages such as html and java script, which enables him/her to create static web pages.
Web Programmer: is the person who knows how to use web publishing tools very well such as MS FrontPage and Macromedia Dreamweaver and creates database driven websites using complicated programming languages such as ASP.NET C++ etc (any programming language that support creating databases driven websites)
2007-02-23 10:51:16 · answer #4 · answered by HEMAMO 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The designer does the user interface, or look and feel. The developer does the work behind the scenes, form processing, etc.
Sometimes, they are one and the same person.
2007-02-23 10:10:38 · answer #5 · answered by irishtek 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋