SpyreStudios

Web Design and Development Magazine

  • Design
  • Showcase
  • Inspirational
  • Tutorials
  • CSS
  • Resources
  • Tools
  • UX
  • More
    • Mobile
    • Usability
    • HTML5
    • Business
    • Freebies
    • Giveaway
    • About SpyreStudios
    • Advertise On SpyreStudios
    • Get In Touch With Us

Tricks to Overcome Common Development Problems

January 18, 2018 by Spyrestudios

Everyone runs into a web development crisis at some point while working on a project. Either it goes over budget, you find unexpected security flaws, or you just run into a roadblock that keeps you from creating the kind of site you want your clients and users to appreciate. Knowing some tricks to overcome common web development problems can help you mitigate them before they appear.

Set Up a Roadmap

Basic information about your site should be easily available for anyone who navigates to it. Even people who aren’t web-savvy should be able to find it. When you’re working on developing a site, make sure you have a plan for your user experience. It’s one of the major factors that determines how successful the site is.

Sometimes it’s tempting to use cutting-edge development tools and features when the old standbys will do just as well. That’s not to say that you shouldn’t use modern technology or make the site you’re developing interesting and interactive. Just be aware of your audience and their capabilities. If you sit down early and make a plan for how a user will navigate the site, you might be able to avoid any problems that you have to later spend time to correct.

Use Responsive Design

You can’t design a site for every device that a person is going to access it on — that’s why responsive design is so important. If you aren’t planning for a responsive site now, consider going back and including those options. Responsive design is a type of design that allows the site to adapt to the device on which a person is viewing it. It’s important because a standard design might look great on a browser, but will appear messy and not optimized on a mobile device.

Not only does responsive design act as a positive ranking signal for SEO purposes, but it also improves user experience. If a user on iOS, a user on Android, and someone logging in from a computer browser can all view an optimized, professional site that reacts to their device by displaying things in the proper size, then they’re going to enjoy being on your site more.

Include All Extras

Before starting your design process, it’s essential to know what you want to add to your site. For example, if you’re making an e-commerce site, you’ll have to include places on the site for listings, a cart, a payment processor, and perhaps a place to leave reviews. Knowing everything you want to add at the beginning of the process will help you design your site more cleanly because you can be aware of how everything will fit.

Think of it this way — if you’re putting together a puzzle, you want to have an idea of how the final design will look. If you just start putting pieces together, it’s going to be much harder to achieve a positive final product. It’s the same for web development. Knowing what pieces you have and how you want the final product to look from the beginning will guide your process and help you create a better website.

Verify Everything

As Demir Selmanovic of Toptal points out, you absolutely have to authorize everything a user on your site does. When someone logs in, you might think that’s enough verification of their identity to access everything they’re entitled to. It’s not that simple, though. Once a person is logged in, a little tech know-how might allow them to access things they aren’t authorized to see or change.

If you make sure that you authorize each type of user input or action on your site, you’re going to have less security vulnerabilities. Just identifying a user when they log in isn’t enough — you need to make sure that you’re managing permissions for the user while they’re logged in as well. A little time now can save you and your users a lot of problems down the road.

Find Shortcuts

Taking shortcuts isn’t always smart — but sometimes they can save time without cutting any corners. If there are tasks you’re doing by hand, consider checking to see whether there are any tasks you can do that will save time. For example, you can convert PSD to HTML online and save yourself the trouble of having to do it by hand.

You should never take a shortcut that makes your work worse. At the same time, though, there are plenty of shortcuts that will give you additional time on the parts of your work that need a personal touch. As you find shortcuts that benefit your workflow, make sure to keep a note of them so that you can go back and use them again.

Make a Budget

One thing that always holds true when it comes to web development is that clients might not expect what different options cost. It’s important to create a budget early on and make sure each person you work for understands how the price will change if they decide they want something else later on.

One way to do that is to create a budget showing how different options affect the price. It makes your expectations clear and helps your client to understand up front whether they can afford what they’re asking for. There’s a major difference between developing a basic informative homepage and creating a site with a mobile app that requires forums, sign ups, or file sharing. If your client wants a custom CSS navigation menu, explain from the beginning that it will cost more than using something stock.

Whether you’re finding great shortcuts to save time or saving yourself a heap of trouble later by setting up budgets for your clients, a little planning will save hours of frustration. The most important thing you can do is sit down and plan your project from beginning to end before you actually begin doing the development work itself. That way you’re aware of problems that can arise and are ready to respond to them if and when they occur.

Filed Under: Development

Recent Posts

  • How to use a PDF file combiner to support a Web planner optimally
  • What Factors Determine the Best Digital Marketing Agency?
  • 31 Fresh Design Elements for Spring and Easter
  • 10 Templates for Music Concert Flyers
  • How to Build a Web Scraper Using Node.js

Archives

  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011
  • November 2011
  • October 2011
  • September 2011
  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • December 2009
  • November 2009
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2009
  • December 2008
  • November 2008
  • October 2008
  • May 2008
  • April 2008

Categories

  • Accessibility
  • Android
  • Apps
  • Art
  • Article
  • Blogging
  • Books
  • Bootstrap
  • Business
  • CSS
  • Design
  • Development
  • Ecommerce
  • Fireworks
  • Flash
  • Freebies
  • Freelance
  • General
  • Giveaway
  • Graphic Design
  • HTML5
  • Icons
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • Infographics
  • Inspirational
  • Interview
  • Jobs
  • jQuery
  • Learning
  • Logos
  • Matrix
  • Minimalism
  • Mobile
  • Motion Graphics
  • Music
  • News
  • Photoshop
  • PHP
  • Promoted
  • Rails
  • Resources
  • Showcase
  • Tools
  • Tutorial
  • Twitter
  • Typography
  • Uncategorized
  • Usability
  • UX
  • Wallpapers
  • Wireframing
  • WordPress
  • Work

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

SpyreStudios © 2022