Issues and Challenges with web Development
Web development is expediting at an aggressive rate. When it comes to developing a successful website, several factors define its success. Achieving most of these success factors adds up to making a highly robust and usable website. There are several challenges in the process of development. There are challenges to do with web content, design, and layout.
User Interface & User Experience. Websites should be responsive enough on smaller screens. If the website will frustrate or confuse the users, then the website gets unusable. Website navigation is another area often neglected by developers. Intuitive navigation creates a better user experience for the website visitor. Intuitive navigation is leading your audience to the information they are looking for without a learning curve. Moreover, when the navigation is intuitive, visitors can find information without any pain, creating a flawless experience.
Scalability. Scalability is neither performance nor the use of computing powers like bandwidth. However, it is all about load balancing between web servers. Developers should not design websites that are not robust, loading all the traffic to a single server. Instead, they should design such websites, and thus it is an important design principle.
Security. In the process of considering design and user experience, web security is often neglected. However, security should be considered throughout the web development phases, especially when the web is dealing with vital information such as contact information and confidential data.
There are many things to consider when it comes to web security denial of service attacks, user data safety, and database malfunctioning and unauthorized access to restricted parts of the website.
In my four years of experience in web development technologies, there are measures to combat the problems with web content, design, and layout. Web content should be placed in such a way that it brings about intuitive navigation creates a better user experience for the website visitor. Intuitive navigation is leading your audience to the information they are looking for without a learning curve. Moreover, when the navigation is intuitive, visitors can find out information without any pain, creating a flawless experience. Web design should be based on coming up with a friendly user interface that is easy to remember and use. It should incorporate pleasant aesthetics on the websites. The design should also cater to the needs of all users, including the physically challenged.
Database integration allows designated users access to selected areas or your web site safely and securely. The importance of integration is quick access to information from across your organization with a quick, single search. The information that the organization collects on donors, prospects, and others helps manage your relationships with them, efficient maintenance of information, and data mining.