Requested by our Apprentices, and hosted by Thanh Pham - our Head of Web. Understanding an Application Design is the upfront work for every web project. An application design consists of different main parts, which we highlighted a few below.
Type of web project
- Admin dashboard
- Client app(almost Listing app)
- Landing page
Important factors
The critical factors that helps define the right framework
- Type of Project
- Required SEO support
- State of Design: Sketch, Mockup, or Final design
- Cost for development
- Number of end-users: 10-100, 100-1000, >1000
- Required Responsive
Rendering technique
The process of taking HTML code and interprets it into visual results and interactive web pages. The technique can be chosen from three options
- SSR - Server side rendering: Supports SEO
- Hybrid rendering:
- Client side rendering: Only suitable for Single page app, and isn’t good for SEO.
Atomic components
The basic elements to construct a finetune website
- Color
- Font
- Grid system
- Typography
- Image
- Heading
- Content
- Link
- Button
Choosing a framework vs build things from scratch
- Choosing a framework: A framework provides productivity with presets. However, it’s a huge bundle size and may come with complexity during customization.
- Build from scratch: Takes more time and leads to low productivity. But in contrast, the website runs fast, and developers can actively optimize the performance
Recommended framework
- Ant-design: https://ant.design/: Suite for admin dashboard, desktop app. Huge bundle size.
- Tailwind CSS
- Bootstrap: CSS
- Next.js: web framework
Tips & tricks
Use User-Agent for render the right platform.
