Web Development Overview

Web development applies to developing a website by using different tools, programming languages and technologies.  Today every business in this world needs a website for its promotion on the internet. A website can be designed and developed based on the unique requirements of the client.  The most commonly used technologies, languages and tools that are included in the design and development cycle are HTML, CSS, Dream weaver, adobe Photoshop, Flash, DHTML, Java script, PHP, XML, Ruby, ASP, ASP.net, My Sql, SQL server, cold fusion, Perl and Java. 

The most commonly used web programming languages are PHP and ASP.  PHP is an open source language with no proprietorship. ASP is developed and maintained by the Microsoft.

A large business website or online portal is developed by a small or large team of the developers and each developer is assigned a specific tasks.  Small organizations require only a single web developer or a webmaster who is responsible for the web design, development, website maintenance, web server configurations, uploading, downloading, content placement, promotion and rarely in content development.  Any business website passes through the six phases such as planning, analysis, design, implementation, promotion and maintenance.

For a web developer it is not necessary to be a web designer, but acquiring the web designing skills is an added advantage for a web developer. Web development has been the fastest growing industry in the world.  The cost of developing a website varies depending upon the client’s requirements.  Internet has great advantages for the businesses and it helps the worldwide businesses in many ways. 

A number of web technologies are in place and they are being used in the E-commerce, blogs, social networking sites and news management.  There are many steps involves in the web design and development field.  For successfully designing/developing a website you need to incorporate the state of the art technology, apply effective and visually appealing design and identify the targeted audience for promotion.  A website design can make your online business a success or failure.

To design a site, you need to know its business requirements and your design convey the message of the organization’s business.  Another important tips to make your web project successful includes make the font size readable, format your text using CSS, make the text contrast with the background color, make short paragraphs of the text and use line breaks where required.  Speed and security are other most important aspects of a website. Your website should response within the few seconds and in case if it takes much time to load, the user will be disappointed and close it. 

Additionally, choose an excellent web host to host your website some of the great web hosting companies are Blue Host, Host Monster, Host Gator, Go Daddy, XI Hosting and Yahoo Hosting.  Use very strong FTP and Domain Admin passwords. 

If your site is E-commerce related make sure that you have enabled SSL and Https.  Additionally, for the E-commerce sites, you need to make affiliations with the BBB, Hackers Safe and Geo Trust.  Some of the malicious practices can be used by the hackers to get into the database to steal the confidential information so you need to implement proper security solutions on your web sever as well as on your computer.