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Introduction
Nowadays, for entrepreneurs Digital marketing and the business have got the top notch priority and due to such reason they get eager to see their website promoted. To make sure this happens they need the website application or development company to make this happen at a very fast pace.Now the question is how this works and what is website designing and development?
To answer this you need to estimate on your own and need to know the numerous portions like the functionalities,Front-end designs and many more responsibilities for answering how long it will take to develop a website.
Let's dive in and learn the basics of website designing first and then move forward with website development.
What is web design ?
In simple terms if we describe then, Web design governs everything which is involved with the visual aesthetic and the website usability which is color scheme, its layout, the information flow, and everything else which is coming at the front page when we open the website. The first view which we get when we open the website, the whole thing which we see from layout to the information provided comes under the heading of website designing. Here are some skills an website designer should have is
- Adobe Creative Suite (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator)
- Graphic design
- UI design
- UX design
- Logo design
- Layout/format
- Placing call-to-action buttons
- Branding
- Wireframes, mock-ups
- storyboards
- Color palettes
- Typography
Role of web designer
Web designer is the one who brings the digital experience to life through the color, text and images seen in the page. The mechanism which is working behind is different. They are also familiar with various languages like CSS, HTML, and JavaScript which helps them to create live mockups of the web app. They can also refer to the templating service like WordPress or joomla, which will allow them to create websites with creative teams and widgets. After getting some clues about web designing.
Let's go ahead and understand what web development is.
What is web development ?
Web development is all about coding and the functionality that works. It has been split into two categories - Front-end and back-end.The Front-end or we can say client-side of the application is the code which is responsible for determining how the website will actually get displayed when a customer is seeing and which is mocked up by the designer.
The back-end or server-side of the application which is responsible for serving and managing the data within the database and that data to be served to the front end to be displayed. Now we can have some clear idea that the web designer designs the website and its features and functions are being coded and managed by Web developers. Some skills that a web developer should carry is -
- HTML/CSS/JavaScript
- CSS preprocessors (i.e.LESS or Sass)
- Frameworks (i.e.AngularJS, ReactJS, Ember)
- Web template design
- Libraries (i.e., jQuery)
- Git and GitHub
- On-site search engine optimization (SEO)
Role of web developer
The primary aim to focus on is to build and maintain the core structure of the website. Their role involves technical stuff to do like complex coding and advanced programming languages. In a nutshell, what they have to do is to turn the ideas and concepts laid down by designers into teal and live with fully functioning websites. Specifically if we say they have to construct the website. Here it would carry the coding and configuring server and databases on the backend, as well as incorporating the user-facing functionality.
Let's take a simple example and understand, a web developer has to construct the website, same like a house. The developer will take the design plans and the blueprint drafted by the architect (I. E web designer) and lay down the foundation to make sure that the features and functions work well.
Conclusion
Therefore, in a nutshell a software and Mobile app development Company, provides their best to showcase the best results of their clients by designing and effective development of their website.
