Bit Zesty's Workshop on Building and Launching Websites
We hosted another event at THECUBE last week, this time on the more general subject of how websites are built.
The workshop was structured around the main issues involved in the website-building process, with particular emphasis on budgetary considerations and the cheaper alternatives to fully custom-built websites. Around 20 people turned up, mostly from the target audience of start-ups and prospective website owners, although a few people attended purely for the section on SEO.We kicked things off with a whistle-stop tour of the technical choices available at the beginning of the process, including platform choices, front-end and back-end language options, and an overview of client-server architecture. After the lunch break, we moved on to design issues and the importance of usability, before discussing SEO and what to look for when hiring developers. Everyone chipped in with questions about their own websites throughout the day, and the group exercises on identifying keywords and planning website features allowed people to get more specific advice on their projects. Judging by the people I talked to during the breaks, everyone took away something useful from the workshop, whether it was a deeper understanding of the website-building process or ideas about how to improve their websites.The positive feedback means that we are definitely thinking of holding more workshops in the future, so keep an eye out for updates on our website.
Bit Zesty - Ruby on Rails web application development
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by Emma Wright
