Why is website development just as important as website designing?
This is a question, that often comes up when you have a client looking forward to get a website built by you.
Since, the only aim of your clients is getting more customers on their website and drive more business, there focus always remains on the look of the website. And in all this, they lose out on an important fact that website development is as important for a website as the website design.
So, before discussing about the equal roles that both website development and design play, let’s understand what do these two processes actually work.
Website Development
Web development is the process that governs the entire coding that make a website function. It is divided into 2 categories- 1. Front-end: The front-end or the client-side of a website is the code that decides how the designs implemented by a website designer, will get displayed on the website. 2. Back-end: The back-end or the server-side of a website is responsible for managing the entire data of the database and serve the entire data to the front-end on the website.Website Designing
Website designing is the process that governs everything right from the usability to the visual aesthetics of a website.
The color scheme, information, layout, etc. are related to website design. To put it in simple word, web designing is basically concerned with what the people actually see on their computers when they open a website. it is less concerned about the mechanisms that work underneath the surface of the entire website and make everything work.
Does Website Development & Design Work Hand in Hand?
The answer to this question is Yes! Both website development and design work hand in hand with each other, when it comes to building a website right from the scratch. The front-end developers while creating a code for website, use the mock-ups, typography, and color palettes from the designers. Having a clear understand of how the designers actually want the website to look, requires some knowledge on the part of the developer.
With a proper understanding of the best UI/UX practices, the developers can easily choose the required technology and give the exact look and feel to the website.
Keeping all these points in mind, it would not be wrong to say that it is wise to invest equally in both website development and designing. The most successful websites are those, which have been given equal attention to both website designing and development. If you are a company, which offers website development services, make sure that you invest equally in website design and development.
If website development is the foundation of a website, website designing gives the finishing touch or the final output that attracts the viewers to your website.
As a company, you can effectively use both your web development and web designing team in a project by following 3 simple rules- 1. While having a client meeting, always make sure that one member of each team should be present. 2. Ideas from both the website development and designing teams should be discussed and presented before the client. 3. The creative ideas from the designers would help the developers to create a website that is desired by the client.With all this being, said we believe that you have reached to an understanding that both website design and development have equal roles to play in the creation of a website. To get more information about website development and design, get in touch with the experts at Octos Global.