newbman Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 I have used the terms "web designer", "web builder", and "web developer", but I'm not quite sure exactly what the difference is. This seems like a stupid question... but I ask because I don't know. Are there any other terms that I should know about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Branigin Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 designers focus on the graphic elements, developers focus on the code elements and ive never heard the term builder used before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Maybe web builders handle TCP/IP and networking, although I've never heard the term either... :shrug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate570 Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Webbuilders handle both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Webbuilders handle both. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The term I have heard most meaning both is developer but everybody has a different definition for them...I have never heard the term builder before either.The course I took in college was called Web Developemnt and handlked many areas, graphic design, web design (HTML/CSS/javascript) Programming (VB/ASP/JAVA) and netowrking/sys admin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skemcin Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 graphic designer = creates graphical and/or multimedia images web designer = primary role is to develop/outline the user interface, ditacte navigation and overall structure of the site and application contained within - they do not necessarily do any graphical work or coding work web builder = never heard it used but could only assume that it is the same as a developer but maybe only specific to client site languages web developer = someone who codes the web applications in any given language - asp, php, cold fusion, javascript, (x)html, etc. The important thing is to understand the subtle difference between a graphic designer and a web designer. Although they often are the same person, they are stil two distintive roles. Without a web design, the graphic designer would have no direction. There are plenty of situations where a site is designed well before the graphics are even introduced into the picture.So, chronologically, it goes:1.) web design2.) graphic design3.) web development Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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