What's the difference between an app developer and a web developer?

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While both types of developers write software to create user-facing applications, web developers build products on web technologies that run in a browser (e.g., Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox), while app developers use a variety of (often platform-specific) languages to create a more consistent and natural experience within the operating system.

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