Web developers or programmers deal in all things code that make a website functional. Web development can actually be split in to two categories, the front-end and the back-end. The front-end or client-side is the part of the code that is responsible for determining how the website will actually display. This will be the designs mocked up by a designer but will now be fully functional. The back-end or server-side of an application is responsible for managing the data that is needed for the database of the website.

These are some of the main skills and code that web developer’s use:

-HTML/CSS/JavaScript

-CSS preprocessors (i.e., LESS or Sass)

-Frameworks (i.e., AngularJS, ReactJS

-Libraries (i.e., jQuary)

-Git and GitHub

 

I’m sure you’re probably wondering what unicorns have to do with web designers and developers. What started out as a joke in the web world has now become reality. Designer/developer hybrid who can do it all. These developers/designers have a good grasp of skills across both sides of the spectrum, meaning they understand both design principals and coding making them highly sought after in the web industry.Both can take your project from the conceptual stage of visual mock-ups and storyboards, and carry it through front-end development all by themselves. The real value of these ‘Unicorns” is that they are able to speak each other’s languages between design and code. This leads to better communication between client, designer and teams when working in a group setting.