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What is Web Design & Development?

Web design and development is used as a general term to describe any of the various tasks involved in creating a web page. More specifically, it refers to jobs focused on building the front-end of a web page (web design) and the back-end or data driven and programming side of the web page (web development). The web consists of myriad pages, presenting information using different technologies and linked together with hyperlinks.

The basic  mark-up languages used to tell a browser how to present information is called the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). A stricter version of HTML is also widely used, known as eXtensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML). Using HTML or XHTML, a web designer is able to tell a browser how a web page should appear. In the last few years there has been a push towards separating the underlying structure of a web-page (using HTML) from the visual presentation of the site (using Cascading Style Sheets or CSS). This approach has a number of major benefits in both the short and long term, and is gathering popularity as time progresses.

The web developer has the option of using many different programming technologies to interact with a data source and display dynamic content on a web page. Some of these technologies are ASP, PHP, Java, Cold Fusion and ASP.NET. In the last few years there has been a push to use a programming methodology called OOP or Object Oriented Programming. This methodology for coding has many advantages like the ability to reuse code from a library on more than one project and being able to make quicker changes in code globally.

The possibilities for web design and development are virtually limitless, constrained only by the imagination of the designer or developer. It can be edited more readily than print media and provides services to its users 24/7. This makes having a web presence an invaluable asset to accomplishing business goals, promoting business and ultimately increasing profitability for your company.

Why Choose Us for Your Web Design & Development?

Creating web sites and redesigning them is what we excel at. Whether it is designing your business's first web site or giving it a new look, RD Creative Design can create your business a unique and user-friendly web presence that is exciting for your visitors.

Built to look the same across all browsers and equally well on Macs & PCs, RD Creative Design will build your site using web industry standards and Adobe software.