Guide

Ethan Marcotte originated responsive web design in 2010 with an A List Apart article that named and framed the approach.

Microsoft’s browser lineup: Microsoft Edge is the current choice, while Internet Explorer served as the long-running predecessor.

Modern web work relies on a browser, editor, version control, runtime, framework, and a package manager working together.

The “best” web development framework depends on goals, stack, and team skills; match features to needs, not trends.

In-demand web development skills in 2025 span JS frameworks, TypeScript, APIs, a11y, performance, CI/CD, security, and cloud fluency.

Web design began with Tim Berners-Lee’s early HTML in 1990; CSS from Håkon Wium Lie and Bert Bos soon defined presentation.

The World Wide Web was created by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in 1989; the first browser and server shipped in 1990.

The earliest web browser, WorldWideWeb, was created in 1990 by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN.

No single person invented web design; it grew from Tim Berners-Lee’s 1990 browser-editor, with CSS by Håkon Wium Lie shaping layout and style.

Responsive web design was coined by Ethan Marcotte in 2010 in his A List Apart article.