When the internet started, you could only access it on a computer.


Back then a web-designer was basically all you needed.
They'd make you a pretty website and that would be that.


Today things are much different. The internet has exploded, and we expect services like Google Maps and Facebook to be integrated into websites. Furthermore, we choose the browser and device we want to use.


Customers today expect websites to look great on thier computer, tablet and phone. Go ahead, hit the resize button in the top right corner of your browser (between minimize and close). Stretch this web-page back and forth...notice how the content moves? Things resize, some content goes away, and things stack on top of each other?

That fluid change has to be coded into modern websites and that's a big part of my job.


Most people access the internet on the go. To accomodate that, websites need to be optimized for speed. Along with compressing images, their are lots of tricks to make you website load almost instantly.


So then, web development is a broad term that means developing websites for todays internet. A developer creates a website that performs consistently across all devices and browsers.


Web-development also intergrates different technologies into sites. API's (The thing that lets you use services like Google Maps), streaming video, Content Management Services (Like Wordpress)...the list goes on, and each technology needs to be developed properly.


That, in a nutshell, is web-development. And I love it! I enjoy problem solving and building a place for people to tell their story.