Difference between web designer, web developer, and web programmer [closed]

Question

I always read "web designer", "web developer", and "web programmer", but don't understand the difference between them.

What is the difference? An example would be appreciated.

Answer 1

In my experience people use the designer label when they are talking about people who do front-end design -- graphics, user interface, etc and programmer/developer when talking about people who do back-end coding and, perhaps, front-end work as well. Other than the wording I don't consider there to be much difference between developer and programmer, though some may argue that a developer takes a role in more than just writing code. I would argue that all developer/programmers do this, but just to a greater or lesser extent.

FWIW -- I call myself a software developer who specialize in web applications. I usually do the whole gamut from UI design to backend implementation and testing.

Answer 2

I like to use an analogy

Web Designer: Interior Decorator/Designer

Web Developer/Programmer: Carpenter/Electrician/Plumber (As I always see these as interchangeable roles in web dev)

Answer 3

The way I always looked at it:

Web Designers make it look good.

Web Developers/Programmers make it work.

Answer 4

Web designer: Someone who designs the look and feel of the web pages

Web developer: Someone who writes backing code for pages (ie HTML, CSS, etc)

Web programmer: Someone who uses backend server languages, like ASP, PHP, Ruby, etc, to write the logic for a web application.