Web development is used to refer to a wide term for all the different work that is involved in the development of a particular web site for Internet (or the World Wide Web) or often an intranet (which is a private network).
The field of web development may range from the development of the very simple static single page of a plain text to something very complex web-based internet applications, social network services and electronic business.
A much more detailed list of jobs to which the arena of web development mainly refers to, can often include web content development, web design, client-side/server-side scripting, client liaison, network security and web server configuration, as well as e-commerce growth.
It is actually what drives the website to function properly.
Web development usually focuses upon the ways in which a website functions as well as how the customers are being able to find their way through it and also make purchases at the same time, in a easier way.
There are different elements of website development: