Web design plans and creates a website’s visual presentation, structure, and interaction. It includes aesthetics, but also supports user goals such as finding information, buying products, or booking appointments. section 1.0 section 1.1
Treat design as a shared, iterative practice:
- Start with requirements, user needs, business goals, and relevant research. section 1.1
- Use wireframes to plan content placement before refining visual details. section 1.1
- Connect visual decisions to usability, accessibility, performance, and task completion. section 1.1 section 12.0
- Stop polishing when requirements are met and an approved minimum viable product is ready; test, gather feedback, and iterate. section 11.1.3
Improving a crowded interface
A tool feels less efficient than competing products because excessive whitespace separates its components. A developer recognizes the spacing problem, tightens the interface, checks alignment with a designer, and ships the improvement without waiting for new mock-ups. section 1.0
Design and development overlap: CSS turns visual decisions into interactive interfaces, while technical choices affect performance, accessibility, resilience, and the resulting user experience. Developers therefore need enough design understanding to communicate constraints and make informed interface decisions. section 1.1 section 12.0
