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So, You Want to Be a Web Developer, eh?
Facebook. Wikipedia. CNN. Reddit. Ars Technica. Amazon. Instagram. ESPN. YouTube. Google. The web really has eaten the world, hasn’t it?
Millions of people visit millions of websites every day. Some to play games, some to see what’s going on in the world, others to let us know what they’re up to (and what their cats are up to!), and others to have conversations with the world on all sorts of topics. Banking, medicine, agriculture, society, parenting, exercise, food, and culture – virtually every industry and every interest you can think of has representation in this giant maze of websites.
But who makes these digital places we all (virtually) hang out in now? Who manipulates the technology that underpins ...
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