Introduction to Web Development

Web development involves creating and maintaining websites. It includes web design, web programming, and database management. Did you know that the first website was created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1991? It provided information on the World Wide Web project.

Front-end development focuses on the client side, dealing with UI/UX. Back-end development handles the server side, managing databases and server logic. Surprisingly, front-end developers now often need to learn back-end skills due to the rise of full-stack development.

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript are the foundational technologies of the web. However, modern web development also frequently involves languages like Python, Ruby, and PHP. Did you know JavaScript is used by 97.6% of all websites as of 2023?

Frameworks like React, Angular, and Vue.js streamline development. Libraries such as jQuery simplify tasks like DOM manipulation. Interestingly, React was initially developed by Facebook to manage its growing infrastructure and was later open-sourced in 2013.

Web development is evolving with technologies like Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) and WebAssembly. PWAs offer native app-like experiences in a browser. Fun fact: WebAssembly allows code written in multiple languages to run at near-native speed, revolutionizing performance.

The first image uploaded on the web was a parody photo of a comedy band, Les Horribles Cernettes, in 1992.