{"id":21018,"date":"2016-10-19T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fifteen-staging.fifteen.dev\/blog\/the-challenges-faced-by-a-modern-web-developer\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T14:27:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T13:27:40","slug":"the-challenges-faced-by-a-modern-web-developer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fifteendesign.co.uk\/blog\/the-challenges-faced-by-a-modern-web-developer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Challenges Faced By A Modern Web Developer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being a Web Developer is a bit like being a professional problem solver. Every single day we face very different challenges in our day-to-day tasks, and it\u2019s our job to find ways to solve those problems. Whether we come up with very elegant solutions or just a simple quick fix depends on the size of the problem and the amount of time we have to fix it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to outline some of the more consistent problems and challenges faced by our Web Development team on a weekly basis. Remember though that every day presents it\u2019s own different set of challenges!<\/p>\n

User Experience<\/h2>\n

Sometimes referred to as User Journey, a Web Developer has to keep the end user in mind constantly during the development cycle. This usually means making the end product (the website) as easy to use as possible, while also remaining powerful and doing everything the user may need. Sometimes there are compromises between usability and features, and usually that means we need to re-think how we\u2019re approaching a problem.<\/p>\n

Latest Web Standards<\/h2>\n

The web is constantly changing, and that\u2019s a great thing. However it does mean that we as a Web Development team need to have our finger on the pulses to keep up with the latest in Web Standards, and often we need to be ahead of the curve and know exactly what is coming up. For example, I know that there\u2019s a new specification for Web Payments<\/a> currently in draft by the W3 Working Group – who make the Web Standards.<\/p>\n

Knowing when to use Web Standards<\/h2>\n

We can\u2019t just know about these brand new Web Standards, but we must also know when it is advantageous\u00a0to use them. For example, there has been a new way to position blocks on a page that iss nicer\u00a0to work with, Flexbox. But we have had to wait for all major browsers to support it before we can use it on any of our websites.<\/p>\n

Internet Explorer<\/h2>\n

Internet Explorer is by far one of the biggest challenges that we as Web Developers face. We extensively test every single website that we put online against every major browser. So that list includes:<\/p>\n