Web development involves building and maintaining websites and applications. It has two main parts - front end development and back end development. Front end development involves the visible and user-interactive parts of a website, while back end development involves the behind-the-scenes programming that connects the front end to databases and servers. Key skills for front end developers include HTML/CSS, JavaScript, frameworks, responsive design, version control systems, and testing/debugging tools. Back end skills include programming languages like Java, Python and PHP, knowledge of front end technologies, frameworks, databases, APIs, server handling, data structures and algorithms, problem solving, and communication skills. Both roles are in high demand with average salaries of over $50,000 for