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Web design vs web development
You might have heard that some design is involved in web development. Or you might be more inclined toward how a website looks and don’t want to learn much programming.
Web design is an important part of web development. Design takes into account how a website or application looks and feels when the user is interacting with it.
Web design focuses on the UX, or user experience, of your application or site. Is the site or app intuitive for the user? Can they easily find the information they need?
Web design also takes the UI into account. Essentially, it’s a combination of UI and UX design.
As a result, web designers are also known as UI/UX designers.
As a result, web designers are also known as UI/UX designers.
Web designers create a vision of how the site or app will look, beginning with a wireframe. A wireframe is a basic sketch of what a site will look like. You can learn all about these in our comprehensive wireframing guide.
Web development, therefore, involves implementing the laid-out design using code. The goal of web development is to really bring the design to life using code.
If you want to learn a little more about how these two roles interact, we’ve got a full article on web design vs web development to compare them.