Web Developer

“A web developer is a programmer who specializes in, or is specifically engaged in, the development of World Wide Web applications, or distributed network applications that are run over HTTP from a web server to a web browser.” – Taken From Wikipedia

A Web Developer is responsible for programming the functionality of a web site. Web developers’ works in all types of organizations, majorly in corporations and governments, small and large scale companies, or even do freelancing. Some web developers like working full-time for one organization as a permanent employee, while others may like working as independent consultants, or even as contractors for an employment agency.

Key to Success

To be successful in Web Development you should have/ develop:

Flexibility and willingness to learn new things, technologies and
Adopting new methods of work
Logical thinking
Ability to focus and concentrate
Creativity
Accuracy
Liking for computers

Scope and opportunities

Web Developers can be entrepreneur and may work with the large and small scale companies. To be a successful Web Developer one should have passion of learning new programming languages, tools, and methods.

More than this, one can get opportunity to closely work with a content creator or copy writer, web designer, web producer, project manager, marketing advisor, Web application/tool/module development, web security applications development, even some time they have work on web design and web development project management.

Web developers working with some organization are even busy doing freelancing on weekends and there are majority of web developers who are in to full time freelancing and they are getting good market response.

Lifestyle & Social Status

May require working at odd hours to match international timings
Must be prepared to work till late in the evening and even on weekends
Pressure to complete tasks within deadlines

Job Profile

Job of a web development starts from project Requirement analysis. A web developer needs to understand requirement from client itself so that s/he can do justice with the project.

Attending first ever project kickoff meeting till project release meeting
Take end to end responsibility of the project and its daily communication
Communicate daily project status with the project manager and client as well
Perform daily site, server and domain name maintenance as required
Rest of the required task for the successful completion of the project

Skill Sets

Excellent communication skills
Logical Skills
Analytical Skills
leadership and managing skills

Work Value

Creativity
No monotony in work
Flexibility – timings
Work on own

Current Job Scenario

As a fresher, a web developer can get a starting salary from Rs. 5000/- to Rs. 15,000/-. The salary will grow with experience. In freelancing a web developer can earn good amount which varies from project to project but the growth is depends on the domain skills, month publicity and experience which will be anytime better that working for any organizations. It requires minimum investment in infrastructure and manpower if one is interested in own setup. Web developers can get job opportunities in Banks, private organization, MNCs and also in public sector.

Top Recruiters

Every company requires web developers for developing their own web site.

Course Synopsis

Course Options	Bachelor in Science with Computers (B.Sc)	Masters in Computer Applications (MCA)	HTML/XHTML, CSS, JAVAScript	Python, Ruby, PHP, CFML – Coldfusion, Java, ASP, .NET, .NET MVC
Academic Eligibility	The candidates should complete their 10+2 or its equivalent exam in Science stream.	Any graduate who has passed or appearing for the final year degree examination in any discipline (Science, Commerce, Arts, Engineering or any approved University) is eligible to apply. Candidates must have mathematics as a subject in their 10+2 course or any one year of graduation. B.C.A. qualified candidates can also pursue M.C.A.	Any Graduate With the knowledge of computers	Any Graduate With the knowledge of Computers with Coding and Decoding
Fees	Rs. 30K to Rs. 40K per annum	Rs. 40K to Rs. 60K per annum	Rs. 5K to 15K	Rs. 10K to Rs. 40K
Expenditure in Metro and Tier-1	Rs. 2 Lakhs to Rs. 2.5 Lakhs	Rs. 2 Lakhs to Rs. 2.5 Lakhs	Rs. 2 Lakhs to Rs. 2.5 Lakhs	Rs. 2 Lakhs to Rs. 2.5 Lakhs
Expenditure in Tier-2	Rs. 1.25 – Rs. 1.75 Lakhs	Rs. 1.25 – Rs. 1.75 Lakhs	Rs. 1.25 – Rs. 1.75 Lakhs	Rs. 1.25 – Rs. 1.75 Lakhs
Duration	3 Years	3 Years	1Year	1Year
Mode	Regular	Regular	Certificate	Certificate
Specialization
Approved	AICTE	AICTE
Affiliation
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