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What Do Web Designers/Developers Have in Common? When you start looking into the fields of web design and web development, they may look as though they are completely different and require totally different sets of skill. If that were the case, though, how is it that so many web designers/ developers are able to successfully combine both functions? Web design tends to be looked on as the more creative aspect of building a website and, to a large extent, this is true. What is also true, however, is that web development may also require a lot of creativity in coming up with solutions to designing problems. Thus web designers/ developers both require a certain amount of creativity in order to complete their separate tasks effectively. Web design requires an eye for detail - you need to know exactly where to put those small finishing touches to complete the website design. This is yet another thing web designers/ developers have in common. Web developers also need to have an eye for detail. Writing lines of code can be tedious and it is easy to slip up and leave out a punctuation mark or something of the sort. The website developer needs to have a good eye to be able to pick out inconsistencies in the code. They both require a great deal of technical knowledge and skill. There is no denying that getting a website designed and developed requires a wide range of skills and technical know-how. In order to acquit themselves of their respective tasks properly, both website designers and website developers need to be proficient at their chosen professions and keep their skills up to date.

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What Do Web Designers/Developers Have in Common?

When you start looking into the fields of web design and web development, they may look as though they are completely different and require totally different sets of skill. If that were the case, though, how is it that so many web designers/ developers are able to successfully combine both functions?

Web design tends to be looked on as the more creative aspect of building a website and, to a large extent, this is true. What is also true, however, is that web development may also require a lot of creativity in coming up with solutions to designing problems. Thus web designers/ developers both require a certain amount of creativity in order to complete their separate tasks effectively.

Web design requires an eye for detail - you need to know exactly where to put those small finishing touches to complete the website design. This is yet another thing web designers/ developers have in common. Web developers also need to have an eye for detail. Writing lines of code can be tedious and it is easy to slip up and leave out a punctuation mark or something of the sort. The website developer needs to have a good eye to be able to pick out inconsistencies in the code.

They both require a great deal of technical knowledge and skill. There is no denying that getting a website designed and developed requires a wide range of skills and technical know-how. In order to acquit themselves of their respective tasks properly, both website designers and website developers need to be proficient at their chosen professions and keep their skills up to date.

By the very natures of their jobs, you would not think that both web designers/ developers would need to be very good with people. After all, web developers need to work mainly with code. In reality, however both web designers developers must be good with people, albeit for different reasons. The website designer must be good with people so that he/ she can deal with their individual needs and translate these needs into a workable design. The website developer needs to be good with people because web development often incorporates an element of project management and teamwork. At the very least, both the website designers and website developers will have to have an understanding of how the other thinks in order to make the design work really well in practice.

So, in the final count, the two roles are not as divergent as they at first appeared to be. The roles are remarkably similar in that the qualities required for both are very similar. That would explain why the roles can be successfully combined.