The Beginner's Guide to Website Development

Read about the basics of web development, the process of creating a website, and additional resources for those who want to learn more.

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Since the 1990s, few things have remained timeless societal staples like Friends, Pokémon, Britney Spears, and the internet.

Seriously. Lots of things have come and gone, but these guys have stuck around, rolled with the Y2K punches, and integrated themselves into our society. (Pokémon Go or a new Britney Spears Vegas residency, anyone?)

Yet nothing has said “I’m here to stay” like the internet. From dial-up and AOL everything to Chrome and IoT, the #innerwebs, *have completely infiltrated our lives.

Learning about web development is kind of like drinking from a fire hose. Google “coding,” and you’ve turned the hose on full blast. This guide serves as a slow drip to get you acquainted with and intrigued by the world of web development. It’s by no means a comprehensive manual.
In this guide, we’ll cover the bare-bone-basics of web development, the process of creating a website, and additional resources for those who want to learn more about development — or become a developer themselves. Read Now.

What is website development? #development

Website development refers to the work that goes into building a website. This could apply to anything from creating a single plain-text webpage to developing a complex web application or social network.

While web development typically refers to web markup and coding, it includes all related development tasks, such as client-side scripting, server-side scripting, server and network security configuration, #ecommerce development, and content management system (CMS) #development.

Web Development Basics

*What a Website Is

*What an #IP Address Is

*What #HTTP Means

*What Coding Is

*What Front-end Means

*What Back-end Means

*What a CMS Is

*What Cybersecurity Is

Now that we've defined web development, let’s review some web development basics to better acquaint you with the #topic.

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