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Development of websites and web apps

Web development is the process of designing, developing and maintaining websites and web apps. Web development encompasses several different fields, most commonly referring to the programming of websites. Front-end development is the act of developing the user interface and client-side code, while back-end development focuses on the infrastructure behind a website, mainly server-side code. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Web developmentA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Web Evolution to Revolution: Navigating the Future of Web Application DevelopmentInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Advances in Computers, Volume 49 (Advances in Computers)The most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Object-oriented Web application developmentCited 68 times
  5. Go sideways: SvelteA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Next.jsA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun The work involved in developing a web site for the Internet or an intranet.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Overview
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

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