The Art & Science of Web Design: Celebrating India's Front-End Maestros
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Front-end maestros are web design developers who are skilled in digital artistry. They basically design, build and implement the visual and interactive elements of the interface of a web page and/ or web application that the users, clients, customers or guests engage with on a daily basis. By writing and maintaining code that is clean, efficient, and easy to understand, they test web pages and applications to ensure they are bug-free and work seamlessly for the end-users.?
This includes creating user interface (UI) designs, layouts, and features using various programming languages, such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. With the rise of usage of mobile phones for e-commerce in the modern day, it is imperative for these front-end developers?to be proficient in implementing responsive design and cross-browser compatibility for different devices and screen sizes. This helps them in determining the structure of web pages and applications they aim to build.?
Responsive design is an approach to web design rooted in techniques such as fluid proportion-based grids, flexible images, and?CSS3?media queries, which rose in importance as mobile users started driving more traffic to web pages and applications. It aims to develop, optimize and maintain web pages and applications well on a variety of devices, browsers and window or screen sizes from minimum to maximum display size, by adapting its?layout to the viewing environment,?to ensure usability and satisfaction.?
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Why do businesses need front-end maestros??
As per a study by PewResearch, 91% of shoppers make online purchases using their smartphones. This statistic alone shows the vitality of creating a seamless shopping experience on mobile devices, just as much as it is to ensure that the same?website looks and works well on a?desktop.?
This is exactly where front-end developers come in. By using JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as React or Angular, they build complex web applications and user-friendly and interactive web features such as buttons, forms, and menus, across devices and screen sizes.?
These viewing environments ensure usability and satisfaction on the end of the clients, users or guests. A usable design is not just aesthetically pleasing design, but also a functional design. For web pages and applications of businesses, a functional and usable design could mean a number of things, like:?
Front-end developers ensure that the bounce rate, meaning the percentage of visitors abandoning the web site?or application after viewing just one web page and before taking a desired action, of businesses reduce because of usable and functional web design and structure.?
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Why Indian front-end maestros are in?demand globally??
Indian front-end maestros differ from the front-end developers from the rest of the world primarily on the skillset they come with. India is a favorite destination for the West to outsource their front-end development needs, among other business process needs, because of the abundant availability of a highly skilled labour force in the mainland. Thanks to its robust education infrastructure. For instance, Indian front-end maestros have a basic understanding of copywriting and graphic design principles along with digital marketing skills like search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM).?
Another contributing factor leading to it becoming a favored hotspot in the east is the affordability of such highly skilled labour, that helps the west to combat the prevalent skill gap in its local talent markets. Because of the absence of burdensome student loans, unlike the west, the Indian front-end maestros?do not have the pressure to settle for a job they might not end up liking, allowing them to negotiate salaries that benefit them and work that benefits the business they work for. Below is a list of reasons why you should hire an Indian front-end maestro for your business, especially if you have a small to medium sized enterprise or a new startup.?
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