{"id":23,"date":"2009-03-09T22:04:38","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T06:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bhavyatechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=23"},"modified":"2009-08-09T04:16:05","modified_gmt":"2009-08-09T12:16:05","slug":"web-design-versus-web-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhavyatechnologies.com\/blog\/web-design-versus-web-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Design Versus Web Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>T<\/strong>he terms web designer and web developer are used    interchangeably in the media and advertisements. But, they are not the same    thing. Design involves what the visitor sees on your website, development    involves the site\u2019s functionality. This article explores the difference    between these two disciplines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>      A website contains several distinct aspects:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><strong>Look and feel<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 primarily the graphics,         color scheme, navigation elements, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Content<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013         information, products, etc available on the site.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Functionality<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 functionality includes         interactive features that the web site provides to the visitors and the         required infrastructure needed to provide them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Usability<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013         the site from a visitor\u2019s perspective and includes things like program         interactions, navigation and usefulness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n            <strong>Look And Feel<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        Look and feel includes overall appearance of the website. A Graphic designer    decides on what colors and fonts to use and how to layout each of the sites    pages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        The graphic designer needs to have a good appreciation for aesthetics and    feeling for what combinations of colors and imagery will project the image    that the website owner wants visitors to have of the site.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        <strong>Content&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>        Content is all of the text that is found on a website and includes everything    from the privacy policy to a very persuasive sales letter extolling the    benefits of a product and asking the visitor to part with their hard earned    money and everything in between. If it is written text then it is part of the    content. You need a copywriter and editor to create good content.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        <strong>Functionality<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        Functionality includes all of the interactive aspects of a web site and    includes animation. The common denominator is that programmers using the    various web programming languages that work either on a web server or in a    web browser create all of these functions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        Flash can be used to animate graphics. Perl, php and java are programming    languages used on the web server to create sophisticated dynamic web pages. These    pages can work independently but most commonly with a database to create all    of the features we have come to expect from a website.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        JavaScript is used in browser to create a lot of cool effects such as    swapping images when a mouse moves over an image, \u201cticker tapes\u201d, links    changing colors, etc. JavaScript works in the user\u2019s web browser rather than    on the web server.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        There are also other \u201cbackend\u201d applications that are transparent to the    visitor such as form processing, content management and other administration    programs that make it possible for non-programmers to maintain some aspects    of the website\u2019s data.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        All of these programs have to be integrated into the HTML code to be used on    the webpage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        <strong>Usability<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        Usability is the website viewed from the user\u2019s point of view and involves    mostly testing things like:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Does the look and feel are actually         portraying the proper image?<\/li>\n<li>Is the navigation is user friendly?<\/li>\n<li>Does the navigation lead the visitor to         where the owner wants them to go?<\/li>\n<li>Does the site load quickly?<\/li>\n<li>Do the applications work properly?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>            <strong>Design Versus Development<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        Unfortunately, there is a lot of overlap and integration needed between web    design and web development. When you toss in content creation and usability    testing, it becomes a real mess.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        Can a single individual do all of these things? There are some people who can    do all of these things but most people only do one or two of the tasks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        Web design usually involves content creation and look and feel while web    development involves creating the functionality and testing its usability.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        Web designers need to be proficient with graphic design tools like Photoshop.    Most also know HTML so they can implement their designs. However, using    animation on the site and layout for the site\u2019s content are also part of the    web designer\u2019s responsibility.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        Many site owners provide the content for the website but a web designer needs    to be able to edit and even rewrite the content if necessary. Web designers    also normally do the usability testing for the navigation and site loading    speed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        Web development programmers create the functionality for the website, but all    of that functionality must be integrated into the HTML pages on the site.    Alternatively, the HTML content could also be integrated into the program.    Web developers also do usability testing on the site, at least for the    functionality they create. So the programmer also needs to have some HTML    knowledge as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        In either case the web designer and web development programmer need to work    together to assure that the website does everything that the site owner    requested.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>        <strong>Bottom Line<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Only large companies can afford to hire separate experts in    graphic design, content creation, programming and usability testing when    building a new website. In most other cases, the web designer and web    development programmer are two different people who must work together to    create a successful website.<\/p>\n<p><em>About the Author:<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><br \/>\n        Warren Baker is an Internet business consultant for WebDesigners123.<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><br \/>\n      WebDesigners123 connects the<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webdesigners123.com\/\">Web Designers<\/a><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>with    Webmasters who need their services.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The terms web designer and web developer are used interchangeably in the media and advertisements. But, they are not the same thing. Design involves what the visitor sees on your website, development involves the site\u2019s functionality. 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