webdev

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webdev (countable and uncountable, plural webdevs)

  1. Alternative form of web dev.
    1. Web development.
      • 2009, Christopher Allen, Shannon Appelcline, iPhone in Action: Introduction to Web and SDK Development, Greenwich, Conn.: Manning Publications Co., →ISBN, page 427:
        iPhoneWebDev [] The authors’ own site, complete with examples and webdev discussion list
      • 2016, Kyran Dale, Data Visualization with Python and JavaScript: Scrape, Clean, Explore & Transform Your Data, Sebastopol, Calif.: O’Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 88:
        Thinking of our data visualizations in terms of SPAs removes a lot of the cognitive overhead from the webdev aspect of JavaScript visualizations, allowing us to focus on programming challenges.
      • 2018, Earle Castledine, HTML5 Games: Novice to Ninja: Create Smash Hit Games in HTML5[1], SitePoint Pty. Ltd., →ISBN:
        The goal of Rick Clicker 2000 is to click and remove all the Rick Astleys from the page as quickly as possible. If you have webdev experience, you probably already see how this will work: it’s some images with a click event handler.
      • 2023, Stephanie Eckles, Unleashing the Power of CSS: Advanced Techniques for Responsive User Interfaces[2], SitePoint Pty. Ltd., →ISBN:
        Steph has well over a decade of webdev experience that she enjoys sharing as an author, egghead and workshop instructor, podcast host, Twitch streamer, and conference speaker.
    2. A web developer.
      • 2002, Tim Converse, Joyce Park, PHP Bible, 2nd edition, Indianapolis, Ind.: Wiley Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 418:
        $conn = OCILogon($thisDBuser, $thisDBpassword, $thisDB) or die ("Can't get a database connection. Whine at a webdev.");
      • 2004, Tim Converse, Joyce Park, with Clark Morgan, PHP5 and MySQL® Bible, Indianapolis, Ind.: Wiley Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 260:
        However, MySQL 4 has introduced some innovations and changes, both on the database side and the PHP side. Both new and experienced webdevs should take the time to familiarize themselves with these changes.
      • 2011 December 9, @rtraction, quotee, “Local tweets”, in Metro, London edition, page 12:
        Any #LDNOnt webdevs interested in volunteering a little time for the Food Bank to help put some mobile sexiness on their WordPress site?
      • 2018, Matthew Sperling, Astroturf[3], London: riverrun, Quercus Editions Limited, →ISBN:
        ‘It’s true, I am not the only one to have raised it, and you have confirmed the allegation to me personally. The problem is that this open use of, umm, steroid drugs raises problems for the image and the professional relations of the company. What do you think our clients think when they meet a webdev who is so . . .’ - Piotr couldn’t find the word but substituted for it a mime of puffing out his cheeks and spreading his shoulders.