Why a Developer

Do I need a web developer ? I hear that anybody can build a web site using the right program.

How to Hire a Good Web Developer

DEFINITION

A Web Developer, strictly speaking, builds and maintains websites. However, a lot of people who create sites using a copy and paste program call themselves Web developers, so it's a confusing term.

Developers are the people who use CODE to build the actual pages from scratch. A Web developer's other responsibilities could include optimizing graphics for the Web and producing rich media such as Flash, streaming media, or online audio as well as integrating functions to the site.

SKILLS Basic:

* Can hand-code HTML , XHTML, CSS and other lenguages as needed.

* Can optimize graphics and web pages so that they load quickly.

* Can handle cross-browser optimization -- making sure the site looks good on different browsers .

* Can follow strict web standards as set by the World Wide Web Consortium .

An advance Web Developer can:

* Handle JavaScript
* Handle a Profesional Imaging Aplication.
Can code :

Dynamic HTML (DHTML)
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
CGI forms
Can deploy dynamic Web technologies such as XSSI, JSP, ASP

Can code PHP

Can Handle SSI (server-side includes)

EXPERIENCE

Senior developers manage the overall building of the site and assign junior developers specific areas to build.

Junior:

    * Can code a website at basic levels
    * Has updated content on an existing website

Mid-level:

    * Can develop and maintaining a commercial website
    * Experience with naming conventions and setting up file structures (important for large sites)
    * Can look at a visual design and tell what it will take to implement it
    * Can tell at a glance how a page was put together or an entire site assembled
    * Knows what functions a given line of code performs

Senior:

* Can develop and maintaining large-scale commercial websites
* Experience as lead developer or project manager

nüregime (TM) Web Design - Branding - Graphics