Website Development Process Explained in 5 Minutes!

Want to make a website, launch it, and make money from it. Start reading, and clear all your doubts from basic to advance. Keep in mind there are various ways to create a website using Webflow, WordPress, Django, and many more like this.

But there are limits to all of this. I am providing here the actual Web development process for becoming a professional Web Developer. Most professional Web developers use the below process to go ahead.

First of all, Website Development is not a single-day process. You have to be a Graphic designer, learn various languages, frameworks, and libraries. Understand other websites, know about domain and hosting, launch it, become an SEO (Search Engine Optimization) master, learn about UI (User Interface) and UX (User Experience) designing, and many more.

It is like a whole branch where these are subtopics. Do not get disappointed. You can learn step by step.

With 3+ years in Web development, I have understood that the Web development process is classified into three subcategories.

1. Create your Website.

First, you have to create a Website. It might be using WordPress, Wix, Web Development.

There are various YouTube videos for that.

2. Buying a Hosting.

After creating a site, you have to buy Hosting. Hosting is to add a space of your site over the Internet.

You have to learn a little bit about Hosting to get the benefit.

I prefer to use Hostinger. Since it gives 99% uptime with low-cost Hosting and Free domain, And more specifically, I am using it for years.

3. Obtain a Domain Name

The domain is the name of your site. For example- www.google.com.

When you purchase Hosting through Hostinger, it provides a free domain.

So you do not have to pay more.

Now let us define an in-depth guide for you.

Step 1: Learning languages/ Information gathering

First of all, you have to learn the basic concepts for Web development. Front-end and Back-end are two parts of Web development. In Front-end learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Practice it in any code editor like Visual Studio or Sublime Text.

Note- You do not have to be an expert in Front-end languages like HTML (HyperText Markup Language), CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and JavaScript. Just learn so you can create a primary website. Understand other website code written in Front-end Languages. That is it.

2. Create Projects

Just build a simple project where you can use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for creating a Website. From only this, you can create a Website whatever you want because to build confidence in you so that you can go ahead and learn various other topics.

3. Learn Designing from Other Creators

By creating a project, you have a basic understanding of creating Websites. What you missed, What are the trends in Website Development today can be only solved by viewing other designs to get an idea.

Now it is all about designing. The best way to learn is by viewing more websites, so to get an understanding. Learn UI / UX design to be a better designer.

4. Planning

Now, you know how a website is turn out, what are the design you can do. Website building is not with code. You have to make a layout of your Create layout with pen or paper or using an app like Figma, make a workflow, and plan how you will design your web pages. Find the target audience for that. Use Wireframing and all.

5. Make a Website

Design according to your need, add a layout with animation. Here you have to learn many more things for clearing an error. Usually, the landing pages should be created first and then goes to other pages. The format of creating a website is almost the same for every site. You have to make a website responsive, adding a navbar, images, subscription form, footer.

Web development is of two types 1)Front-End Development and 2)Back-End Development. It is a broad concept, so I am not explaining it here.

6. Testing/Launching

Testing is one of the crucial parts. For every single link, it is to be tested and make responsive. The content you have written not be misspelled. After testing, it is time to learn about Domain, Hosting, and server. To upload it to a server is through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP).

7. Maintenance

One of the ways to earn money is to update your site. Try to minimize the time for loading of the site, create special features. If something error occurs on your site, try to fix it as early as possible. Otherwise, users want to prefer other websites due to inconvenience. Make your site as user want by using User Interface and User Experience design. Sometimes when more traffic visits your site, it may crash. So you have to update your websites.

8. Marketing/ SEO

Many developers get stuck after making a Website; they get disappointed with not getting traffic. Creating a website and not promoting be worthless. So you have to promote your site. Digital Marketing and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) play a crucial role in this. SEO mainly increases your traffic. Social media can also increase your traffic if you have a strong fan base. First of all, use your Website for a specific niche and then explore the various fields.

The benefit of becoming a Web Developer:

1. The first one is obvious: The Pay

2. The industry is not going anywhere until some decades.

3. Fun to work.

4. Work as a Freelancer or for a Company.

5. Work from home or anywhere else.

Where to learn:

1. Youtube(One of the best free resources).

2. Freecodecamp.

3. Online courses from Udemy, Coursera, Lynda, Skillshare.

4. w3school, MDN Web Docs.

There are 80+ free resources as well to learn Web Development.

Conclusion: You can start with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create a Website. But to grow it, you have to follow the above parts. You have to learn Back-End as well to manage data. Most developers and top companies prefer this type of format to launch their websites.

Originally published at Medium.