Web designers and developers are passionate about what they do. It's that passion that drives us all to take risk and build amazing things.But at the same time, that passion sometimes makes us dive into projects heads first and unprepared. And that's when it hits you <*SMACK*> like the first time I went to take a drivers test without studying; stating on the exam that it's OK to drive through an orange traffic light "when you're careful" seemed like a good thing to do at that time. It wasn't. Going in unprepared will cost you. Not only will it cost you time and money, if you're not careful, your sanity will suffer as well.
In this post I’d like to share what me and my partner learned from starting up SolidShops.com (a hosted e-commerce solution aimed specifically at web designers), so that you can avoid the same mistakes we made. If you learn at least one thing from this post that saves you time and hassle in the long run, I promise I’ll never drive through an orange traffic light again. Writing Code Is The Easy Part
Don’t fool yourself. Building the application is the easy part. You know how to write code and you can design the pages your users need.It’s amazing to see your mock-ups evolve into a working app. But there’s nothing amazing about having an app that nobody knows about. So stop worrying about features, simple or complex. You’ll be able to code them all. What you really need to focus on is getting users. Read more: The Practitioner's blog
In this post I’d like to share what me and my partner learned from starting up SolidShops.com (a hosted e-commerce solution aimed specifically at web designers), so that you can avoid the same mistakes we made. If you learn at least one thing from this post that saves you time and hassle in the long run, I promise I’ll never drive through an orange traffic light again. Writing Code Is The Easy Part
Don’t fool yourself. Building the application is the easy part. You know how to write code and you can design the pages your users need.It’s amazing to see your mock-ups evolve into a working app. But there’s nothing amazing about having an app that nobody knows about. So stop worrying about features, simple or complex. You’ll be able to code them all. What you really need to focus on is getting users. Read more: The Practitioner's blog
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