Job Description
A Web developer is responsible for the behind-the-scenes code and programming of Web sites and Web-based services. While the edges are often blurred in Web positions, Web developers typically have a more technical orientation than Web designers, who focus on a site’s look and feel, and information architects, who focus on sites’ organization. Web developers’ projects vary widely, ranging from bare-bones active Web pages to complex, multi-layered Web applications that might power an ecommerce site.

Education Requirements
Web developers typically have at least a bachelor’s degree, even if they have gained much of their know-how from on-the-job experience. Web developers need to have broad-based knowledge, encompassing areas such as usability and interface design; basic Web skills, such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript; Web 2.0 skills, including Ajax; server-side technologies, such as ASP, PHP and Ruby on Rails; databases such as MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle or IBM’s DB2.

Job Outlook
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, computer science and DBA jobs are expected to grow through 2018. Web developers should continue to enjoy growing job prospects as the expanding integration of Internet technologies results in a growing need for specialists who can develop and support Internet and intranet applications.

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Please see the Bureau of Labor Statistics PDF for information on the game design industry.