Is There A Difference Between A Web Designer And Developer?

I wonder! hav u ehm checked google?

Designer typically involves the graphical side (photoshop, fireworks, et al)

Developer typically involves taking what a designer has created and using html/css/javascript at the very least (if there is business logic involved, then php, jsp, etc will have to be used to, for example, access a database) to transform the graphics into a website/application.

Make sense?

no problem.

I guess I should stir a few feathers and further add that in the Nigerian context, the term 'web designer' is used to group those who do pretty much everything that pertains to the web whereas those who do say, java programming, are referred to as programmers.  I don't belong to this school of thought though.  At the end of the day, we are all programmers.

I am glad to have been of service

Akpangbon:

I would request you add that this is within your working context as this isn't the case where I am.  This will avoid this thread from going (as others have in the past) to 5 pages or more as this is a "sensitive" issue (you can do a search for past threads on this to confirm).  In my locale, a web designer has no business even having software other than photoshop and fireworks.  If they have say, dreamweaver, it is a special request.  Not to talk of database access.  At most, a designer (as hired by the company) would know some html, css and * maybe * javascript.

As I said, this is a "sensitive" issue so I will stop here.

Thanks.

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There is a big difference.

The people who created the lovely interface you see on facebook are designers.

The people who wrote the code that powers the site and makes sure that your status updates, messages and other content show up properly to the right people are the developers.

Biodun,
OluOmo 1 of Support, Hostmot (www.hostmot.com)