Web development is the term to describe the activity of creating web pages (generally HTML code pages) for a particular purpose, be it business or personal. Web development can include the addition of client side and server side coding in languages such as ASP, PHP, ColdFusion (and many others) it can also include code for the purposes of connecting to stored data such as XML or SQL databases. Working in teams on single web development projects can also require versioning and checking files in and out of the server to stop any developer from overwriting another developers work. Web developers transfer their files to (and from) the web server using the FTP protocol. Web development has been made easier in recent years due to the rise of powerful multi server development IDEs such as Adobe Dreamweaver and dedicated server IDEs such as Microsoft Visual Studio.

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