Hello everybody i need your opinion about something. Iam actually programming a big project and the whole idea of it inside my head and into papers. i've programmed almost 50% of it, but now it's the time for the codeing and making the layout but that dosn't mean that i finished everything no, i still need to program the other 50% of it. So now should i finish the 50% programming with anything just a basic html file and then start designing and coding or should i design and code first ?? Thanks guys
I usually would start with the design, at least the basic construction. In fact, any project I start I start in the design phase. I look at how I want to organize and structure the site, as well as what features I want where. From there I would go and do the programming.
I order the design phase first for a simple reason: people who order the stuff will know if that is what they want. It's much easier to move design elements here and there, than to rewrite the code or delete half of what you've done. Once you know they know what they want (which is usually not the case at start), you start programming.