Developing a website involves multiple steps, many of which will inform later steps and you will find that many later steps will inform earlier steps, causing you to go back and add or re-jig your earlier plans in order to produce a product that is fit for service. We can split a lot of the tasks into three categories; before writing code, whilst writing code and after writing code.
Web Development
Website Development
Before Writing Code
Before sitting down in your IDE and writing your code you need a clear idea of what it is that you will be creating. The general stages for this will be:
When Writing Code
When you are in the process of writing, you may encounter bugs or epiphanies that require you to go back and add, expand or retract things from your development plan. On top of this you should keep in mind:
- Testing
- Accessibility and Performance
After Writing Code
When you have finished with your coding you should then do:
- Final Testing
- Accessibility and performance testing
- List some ideas for the future development of your website
- Get feedback from users and implement and improvements