Careers in Web Development

​Careers in Web Development

​THIS IS NOT A DEFINITIVE LIST

​Also, roles might be called different names

Sometimes, roles are even combined, given alternate terms, have different responsibilities... I might not have even covered all the roles a company might have for these positions.​

• Degree in graphic design

• Specializes in web design - might not do other kinds of design

• Often studies marketing ​as well

• Photographers​

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​Web designer

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​Marketing is part of web design

​Web designers need to understand business

• Branding - "One look​, One feel"

• How to sell with their art

• Occasionally a​dd in logo creation

• Required so the designer can understand the user​

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Why is "one look, one feel" important? (Select all that apply)

• So everything has a cohesive look to it

• So customers will buy more stuff

• Customers know a social media page is attached to the company

• Customers like it.

• A type of marketing

• Tests websites for usability

• Determines where changes to websites should happen​

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​User Experience (UX) Tester

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​UX Testers Watch Users

​This is part of knowing user behavior

• Where do they cl​ick first?

• How do they access the site?

• What do they say when accessing the site?

• Why are they on the site?

• Who​ are the users?

• Studies how people with disabilities access websites

• 504 Accessibility

• AAA Accessibility​

• Subset of UX testing​

​Accessibility Design Specialist

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• What you've been coding!

• Makes the design a reality

• ​May use different languages

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​Front End Web Developer

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​Front End Devs Cross Borders

​Work happens with lots of different people

• Back end developers

• Designers

• UX testers

• Copy​ Editors...

• If you see it, you work with whoever built it.​

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Why is accessibility testing important? (Select all that apply)

• It's always the law!

• It's the law on some sites

• Makes a better site for everyone

• Improves SEO

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True or false: Front end devs work alone

• True

• False

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Who determines user behavior?

• Front end developer

• Back end developer

• UX tester

• Web designer

• Databases!

• If it's on the server, the back end dev has built it

• Works closely with a data designer​

• Often many fewer in the industry​

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​Back End Developer

​Server Side Code is Important

​No server code, no logins.

• These individuals code a database

• There may be overlap with data design, ​so it's important to know both

• If you can log in somewhere, it means there's a back end dev involved

• Designs the database - Does NOT code it.

• More common on complex or high security websites

• The bigger the site, the more likely they have a data designer​

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​Data Designer

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​Data Designers Figure Out What is Stored, Where

​Relational databases

• Where do things overlap?

• What needs to be kept separate?

• What information do we need?

• How do t​hese things relate?

• If we combine these things, is it a security risk?​

Multiple Choice

Who builds a database?

• Back end developer

• Data designer

Multiple Choice

Who figures out where things should go in a database?

• Back end developer

• Data designer

• ​If there's text, the copywriter wrote it

• Closely associated with SEO​

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​Copywriter

​Copywriters have a lot of power

​They help boost a page ranking

• Determine how often keywords appear in text

• SEO can change based on the skill of the copywriter

• Must be able to communicate clearly through writing

• A subtype of marketing

• Understands how to drive sales through code and content

• Knows how to alter meta tags

• Knows what your headings should be

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​SEO Specialist

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​SEO Can Make Or Break You

​The higher you end up, the better

• Page rankings

• Static vs. Dynamic sites

• ​Understands how search engines work

• Callbacks​

• Unholy union between front​ end dev, marketing, and copywriting

Multiple Choice

What does page ranking mean?

• How much your users like your website

• Where you list on a search engine

• How many ads you have on your site

• What your website contains

Multiple Choice

Which things determine page ranking?

• Information in the <head> tags

• Keyword density

• Headings

• All of the above

• A different way to code

• Uses tables

• Static pages

• Necessary for a lot of reasons

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​Email Developer

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​If a Company Sends You an Email, the Email Dev Made It

​Emails that contain your information must be coded

• Confirmation emails

• Marketing emails

• Shipping emails​

• Analytics makes sure everything is getting to the right people​

• Provides data to UX, SEO, Accessibility, Design, etc.

​Analytics

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​Information Comes From Somewhere

​Analytics deals in data

• Who is accessing the site?

• Where are they?

• How often?

• Where did they come from?

• What do they do when they come to the site?

Open Ended

List some things an analytics specialist might look for.

• Someone needs to keep the website secure.

• A whole other field

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​InfoSec

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​InfoSec Is Its Own Field

​Loads of positions in InfoSec

• Penetration tester

• Threat intelligence

• App security engineer

• Computer forensics

• Incident Responder​

• Security Consultant

• Malware Analyst

• InfoSec Engineer

• IT Security Architect​

Multiple Choice

This person codes everything you see.

• Designer

• Back end developer

• Front end developer

• UX Tester

Multiple Choice

This person might double as a UX tester.

• Analytics expert

• Front end developer

• Accessibility specialist

• SEO specialist

Multiple Select

These two see a lot of overlap. (Select all that apply)

• Front end and back end developers

• SEO and Analytics experts

• InfoSec and Accessibility specialists

• Web designer and copy writer

Multiple Choice

Web designers are responsible for writing the text of a website.

• True

• False