Your primary task as a web developer will be to create reliable and high-performing applications and services, which can be accessed over the internet.

your job will be to create products that meet clients' needs. The work can be particularly varied with many projects to work on simultaneously, and lots of meetings with clients to discuss their requirements and update them on progress.

As a web developer, you'll need to:

• Write code in one or more programming or scripting languages, such as PHP or JavaScript


• Plan and prototype new applications


• Design the architecture of the components of an application


• Decide on the best technologies and languages for the project


• Test sites and applications in different browsers and environments


• Problem-solve


• Fix bugs in existing projects


• Test new features thoroughly to ensure they perform the correct task in all cases


• Run performance benchmarking tests


• Review colleagues' code


• Build and test Application Program Interfaces (APIs) for applications to exchange data


• Research, incorporate and contribute to Open Source projects


• Meet designers, developers and project staff for progress updates


• Gather requirements from clients and users


• Learn and test new technologies, frameworks and languages


• Stay up to date with new trends and advancements in web development


• Build and maintain databases


• Carry out code refactoring and optimisation of existing code


• Document code, so other developers can understand and contribute to it


• Attend and speak at web development conferences and workshops


• Design information architecture within an application or website.