Yeah I guess I’m old. Seems like everything is called “web dev” these days.
I was answering a question somewhere related to something like C/C++ and Operating System level stuff. Someone replied asking where I learned “web dev.” I would consider that general programming, or possibly systems programming, but certainly not “web dev.”
As an example, someone might use the term C++ Developer. That refers to a developer that writes code in C++ to develop applications. It doesn’t necessarily mean someone who designs the C++ language or writes C++ standard libraries or writes C++ compilers or whatever.
Is this distinction really all that useful?
I suppose you could write a react app that doesn’t use “the web”? But you still might just say they are a react developer.
I think the web part refers to web technologies.
Yeah I guess I’m old. Seems like everything is called “web dev” these days.
I was answering a question somewhere related to something like C/C++ and Operating System level stuff. Someone replied asking where I learned “web dev.” I would consider that general programming, or possibly systems programming, but certainly not “web dev.”
It’s like an engineer vs some guy walking on a bridge he designed. ;-)
As an example, someone might use the term C++ Developer. That refers to a developer that writes code in C++ to develop applications. It doesn’t necessarily mean someone who designs the C++ language or writes C++ standard libraries or writes C++ compilers or whatever.
Yep, this is how I think about it as well