Lately, I’ve been focusing on my design skills and thinking about how I can creatively design for my clients. I’ve never realized that my many years of developing has impacted my design skills to be better. I think it’s because I have worked with designers every day and they have influenced me to think like them which allows me to develop a website that is coherent and simple.
Through my years of developing websites for FRED Agency, I’ve learn to harness my design skills through the designers I worked with. Not only that, working with clients and knowing what they like or want has also improved my ability to predict what looks good on the market and people. With many years of experience, it is very important to understand how design can impact one’s site or disseminating information.
One thing I learned about designing is to give breathing space around text and objects. This allow the design to be clean and simple. As a developer, I’ve notice this as a common theme among many designs. It is important to not have so much information all at once and it’s better to be precise, short and simple on the information you would like people to know.
As a designer, I have to also be thoughtful and aware of how it will impact development. It is important that the design will fit on a mobile device and be able to adjust to an IPad or desktop. This is one of the toughest challenges for many designers because they may have not experience how the designs will change in between different devices. I’ve seen many designs where they are design for desktop only but they never thought about how it will look in between an IPad or Mobile device. Through working with my designers, we have tweaked and perfected our designs to accommodate all devices.
Luckily, I have the opportunity to work with designers and it has allowed me to learn many designing skills that has also made me a better developer. Today, I can build anything that a designer gives me and I feel confident in designing a clean and simple website. Please do feel free to let me know what you have notice while designing and developing websites and their differences.