Comments on: Designers: How to Search For, Hire, and Work With a Web-Developer

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By: Akty

Akty — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:29:12 +0000

Really a nice post. Recently, I have been having some problems bring the programmers and designers together to the same table. Designers design and prefer MACS with design tool while programmers are in Windows with VS suites. There seems to be substantial need of understanding of the languages that both team uses. Getting both the parties learn both areas is very complex. Any suggestions on how can we make that better.

By: Fill

Fill — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:38:31 +0000

Hire an agency, it’s less risky and usually not much more expensive than a good freelancer anyways. For more complex web apps, I would recommend having an unbiased third party do an audit on the code and programming practices. As a developer, I’ve been through a few audits and I appreciate being able to show that I’m doing things ‘right’. Lastly, make sure whom ever you hire signs a non-complete agreement and NDA. I’ve seen programmers literally take their client’s site, fire up another copy under a new domain, plaster a new logo at the top and go into business for them selves competing directly against the client.

By: rainer designer

rainer designer — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:58:34 +0000

If anyone looking for freelance or outsourcing web design the division into design/HTML/CSS and server programming wouldn’t be cost effective.
The other issue if the customer purchase web design customization of any CMS-platform, this seems to be more real.

By: David

David — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:48:36 +0000

I am the sole programmer at a small design company. I work on virtually every project we take in which is cool because I’m always doing something different but I can get overloaded pretty quickly.

My main issue is with communication and working with designers that don’t necessarily understand what challenges their designs may pose for programming. Especially on CMS projects. But it has given me a lot of experience in finding solutions to problems.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:45:13 +0000

I would disagree here. There are many talented designers out there who do design for the web, but don’t have the technical skills to learn all of the proper coding techniques.

You could even make the argument that some designers would be better off focusing their time/energy on perfecting their DESIGN skills, rather than learning all of the ins and outs of CSS styles, complicated JS, and whatnot.

These are the types of designers this article is intended for. Those who are in need of hiring a skilled programmer to team up with.