Web Development vs Software Development

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Re: Web Development vs Software Development

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Well, I was a software developer (C++/Windows C++) for 12 years and a web developer for 15 years, and I doubt that I could make a coherent description of the difference. A software developer is creating software to work on desktop/mainframe computer systems and is working in an environment where the "state" of the program is progressive and known. A web developer is working in a network environment which is "stateless" and much less linear. In software there is a specific meaning to input/output, while in a web environment you have the sending of communication. The difference is, for the most part, so minor as to be irrelevant in terms of actual processing, but it can create issues if one is unaware of it.
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