High Quality Website Development

Designer Websites are a specialist website development company based in Cardiff, South Wales. Our web developers are both degree qualified software engineers and Microsoft Certified Professionals; we are also Microsoft Partners. We design and develop web based solutions utilising Microsoft’s ASP.Net Platform and SQL Server database platform. We can develop web solutions of any complexity ranging from ecommerce websites and price comparison websites to travel reservation systems and hotel booking systems.

Website design & website development – is there a difference?

Yes, there is a difference. The term website design is most often used to describe the creation of small websites which can often be completed by graphic designers. However, website development is used to describe more complex developments which usually include elements such as a database or program code that make up business rules for controlling websites and their visitors; for example, an ecommerce website, an Intranet or comparison website would be developed by a web developer or software engineer.

It is common for a graphic design firm to provide websites; these tend to be small brochure style websites and are created in a graphics package that makes generating the website simple for the designer. However if you need a high quality website that is optimised and easy to maintain then you need a bespoke website, which can only be provided by a web developer. Also if you need a more complex solution then again you need a website development company like Designer Websites.

What can our web developers do?

Our website development team is comprised of professionally educated web developers with backgrounds in many different sectors ranging from travel systems, financial services and retail solutions.

We are well versed in:

• Microsoft .Net Technologies (ASP.Net, C#, VB.Net, MVC)
• Microsoft SQL Server, XML, Oracle and stored procedures
• Web Services, RSS and various data feed technologies
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, JQuery and XSLT
• Agile Development and Scrum

Why are our web developers so good?

Our web based solutions are designed with Object Orientated design principles (OOP) and follow the latest technologies and industry trends. Good Object Orientated design from the beginning of a website development project is essential when building a solution that is robust, easy to maintain and scalable for your business, minimising the cost of future changes to your solution. Our web applications are Enterprise level, which means they can cope with increased website traffic and transactions without a drop in service levels once your website begins to thrive.

Security is a big concern for many ecommerce websites and our team of web developers are skilled in creating a website that closes a lot of the security holes that are apparent in many existing ecommerce solutions. Our tried and tested methodologies ensure that your website is safe from attacks such as SQL injection attacks, query string tampering and cross side scripting attacks that are just some of the techniques frequently used by hackers in order to obtain sensitive information from your website.

We have been developing web based solutions for business ever since browsers were invented and before that we worked on Windows based systems. We have worked on a tremendous number of solutions over the years ranging from small business websites through to extremely large ecommerce websites, giving us a very broad spectrum of skills and knowledge.

How we work

To design your solution, we can either use the Agile Development approach or the conventional software development lifecycle approach. In the early stages of conception our development team will draft a concept of the proposed solution making use of wireframe diagrams. Once an agreed concept has been drafted, work can begin and the web solution will quickly take shape. As early in the project as possible a test version of the web solution will be made available on our test servers so you can watch it develop towards completion and make informed decisions about the design and functionality.

Where high level project management is required we utilise our in house project manager who is Prince 2 trained and has experience in running projects from small business solutions to large enterprise solutions. We also have in house designers to make the website look professional and assist you with your corporate image.

If you require a complex website development and would like to know more, our web developers can discuss your requirements further with you and establish what technology would be required to implement your ideal solution. Please call us on 0845 272 6813 for a free no obligation consultation.