The Differences Between Web Development and Web Design

[Tracy Oliver]

Web development involves web designers creating internet websites that
provides information, sells a product, or is for personal use. A
person can consider themselves as a web designer if they create
websites that are considered social networking websites but as
professional web designers are concerned, their job consists of much
more than creating a site to upload family pictures.
Web development involves many aspects other than just designing the
website. Granted, the design of the site may be the most enjoyable
part of web development. Choosing a layout, the theme, a color scheme
and text allows the creative side of a person to come forth. Creating
a website can be thought of as creating a work of art. Beyond the web
design, more technical skills are needed to become a web designer. Web
designers are educated in HTML code, CSS code, Java and so much more.
It takes more to being a web developer than just copying and pasting!
If the website is developed for a company that wants to sell a
product, web designers will need to know how to effectively market the
product. Who needs to be marketed? What country needs to be marketed?
Paid TV ads are an effective way to get the website address to the
consumers, of course. Plans need to be implemented to get the website
out in the public eye. Really, what good is a website that does not
get visited? Search engine optimization or SEO is a technique that
many web designers or webmasters use to get their sites placed in the
index of a search engine such as Google or Yahoo.
If a website is something that you need on a professional level, you
may want to look into a web development company. A company can provide
you with a team of highly skilled people that can sometimes consists
of hundreds who will be involved in the creation of your website.
Imagine that! Hundreds of people can only mean that many specialize in
very specific parts of your website. It is absolutely incredible what
creating a website involves.
Using web designers is the most effective way to create professional
looking websites that will attract paying customers and keep them
coming back in the future. A bad web design or porrly marketed website
will be sure to keep potential customers away or not around at all.