Best practices in web design for creating an impactful website

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Your mission is to create a website. It might be for your own business, or for a customer. Before you start, you’ll probably be wondering if there is a list of best practices to follow in order to successfully put together a website that’s worthy of the name. This article will give provide you with some answers and food for thought to get you to your goal.

 

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Functional subdivision: how to segment your web project?

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Functional project subdivision is one of the baseline conditions for the success of a project. Providing a real roadmap for your project – and much more –subdivision will allow you to involve all available business expertise more effectively and to control your IT project over its entire duration.

The purpose of functional subdivision of a web, mobile or software project is to properly plan production, or more specifically – the development phases.

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Software projects: everything you need to know about the expression of requirements

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How do you go about properly defining your expression of requirements in the context of an IT development project? What should your expression of need contain, and how to structure it? An expression of requirements describes only what is expected – it doesn’t give indications on how to achieve or actually realize the software tool.

A good expression of requirements will play a big role in the success of a project. Many contractors fail – due to a lack of experience, support, knowledge or even ambition – to properly define an expression of requirements.

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Changing Online Consumer Behavior: Key Trends

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The world is changing, and so is how people buy, spend and engage with brands online.

E-commerce and online shopping have continued to grow exponentially and become one of the main ways people access the goods and services they need and desire. At the same time, online consumer trends are shaping companies’ broader strategies and brand identities to a greater degree than ever before.

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Digital Health: How is technology helping individuals maintain their health from home?

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A new wave of innovative technology and digital solutions are giving way to a future where remote healthcare is a standard practice.

With the development of online capabilities and services, e-health has been on the rise for over a decade. Since Covid-19, however, digital health has become critical - and brought to center stage - in an environment that is increasingly reliant on remote services.

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How Important Is Sound Design for UX?

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When was the last time you remember experiencing complete silence? The truth is, as long as we are alive we are hearing some sort of sound. Whether it is the electrical hum of a household appliance, a car driving down the road or the sound of your own breath - we are constantly tuning in and out of an intricate soundscape.

Over the years we have developed complex neural systems which allow us to focus on specific stimuli and interpret them as useful information. Like many other animals, humans are programmed to react to a wide variety of auditory cues that help us better understand our environment and accomplish our goals.

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How are Smart Cities using technology to ‘Go Green’?

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Cities around the globe are becoming smarter by using the latest technological innovations - mainly Big Data and ubiquitous internet connectivity - in order to improve their citizens’ lives.

Digital technologies can assist urban planners with making better and faster decisions related to energy efficiency, waste and water management, public transport, and sanitation.

With climate scientists increasingly stressing the importance of curbing greenhouse emissions and managing waste, a smart city is essentially an environmentally-conscious,  ‘green city’.

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API, webservices: definitions and differences

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To begin with API stands for "Application Programming Interface" which could translate to "Application Programming Interface". You're going to tell me that it doesn't help you understand what an API is any more than that. Let's go on. A good picture is better than a thousand words! In this case we will tell you to imagine that an API is a bit like a "bridge" or a kind of "gateway" between two applications. These applications use this "bridge" in order to communicate with each other and send data to each other. A mobile application can communicate with software which can communicate with a web application etc.

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Web application and software: which architecture to choose?

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When embarking on a web application or software development project, one of the first questions to ask before starting to develop the targeted tool relates to its architecture.

The definition and choice of software architecture is completed during the design phase. The architecture of a software tool represents the way that the elements will be organized and arranged – and how they will interconnect with each other. The architect generally has the role of designing the architecture.

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Smart Websites: The Future of Browsing Efficiency

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By combining dynamic capabilities with function and design, websites can grow and evolve with businesses and markets.

In today’s modern world that is increasingly dominated by digital media, websites are more crucial than ever. Any serious company is now expected to have a well-designed website that represents their brand and provides all the information and functionality for accessing their services or products.

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