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The terms Web design and web development are no more new in the field of technology as they have continued to grow with more languages being added and more people venturing into because of its employment potential and flexibility.

In fact you are reading this because you are also interested in learning Web Design/Development.

Before I proceed, its good to differentiate the two as they do not mean the same thing. So...

What is Web Design?
Web Design(Wikipedia)
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Web design encompasses many different skills and disciplines in the production and maintenance of websites. The different areas of web design include web graphic design; interface design; authoring, including standardised code and proprietary software; user experience design; and search engine optimization. Often many individuals will work in teams covering different aspects of the design process, although some designers will cover them all. The term web design is normally used to describe the design process relating to the front-end (client side) design of a website including writing mark up.

And what is Web Development?

Web Development(Wikipedia)
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Web development is a broad term for the work involved in developing a web site for the Internet (World Wide Web) or an intranet (a private network). Web development can range from developing the simplest static single page of plain text to the most complex web-based internet applications, electronic businesses, and social network services. A more comprehensive list of tasks to which web development commonly refers, may include web engineering, web design, web content development, client liaison, client-side/server-side scripting, web server and network security configuration, and e-commerce development. Among web professionals, "web development" usually refers to the main non-design aspects of building web sites: writing markup and coding.

In simple terms

I like to differentiate them this way Web design deals with illustrating, planning and examining a website with the aid of graphics usually done using illustrators like Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and so on. While Web Development in simple terms is the coding aspect(there is more to that though).It involves the use of programming languages like HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascripts, Python, Ruby e.t.c in creating responsive and attractive websites.
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Source: https://slaknoah..com/2017/01/getting-started-with-web-design-and.html

So, which of them should I choose?

Although statistics show that Web developer are more paid than Web designers but I will say this depends on you.I tell my students "Go for what you love to do, not what you have to do". What I mean by that is, if you are interested in the design aspect then go for Web Design
and if its Coding, Web development, its that simple!

How do I get started with web design?

Let me say getting started is not the problem but getting going is the main thing. Get good hold of programs like Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop (Graphic design).Learn about website layouts colours, positioning e.t.c and you are already on your way to becoming a professional web designer.
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Source: https://slaknoah..com/2017/01/getting-started-with-web-design-and.html

Getting started with Web development
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Here comes the big part, oh don't be scared am only joking. Getting started with Web development is as easy is starting to learn a new skill. And this part just like Web design requires investing your time, money and energy, just like learning a new skill, right?
A lot of people have been approaching Web development in a very wrong way(an article coming soon on wrong and good practises) which some include

Learning too much languages at the same time
Learning without practising
Inconsistency
Lack of commitment
Wrong time management
Using outdated or old platforms
Let's limit it to that for now. As you can see,these stated above are wrong approaches people make towards learning coding and at the end of the day they get fed up because they are not seeing the results.

So, what are the best and easiest ways to learn coding?
I cant say this or that is the best method as it all depends on you, but I will give you some tips from experience that will help in making programming languages as easy as pie

-Use online resources: The internet contains lot of resources you can use. But like I said before, don't just watch Youtube tutorials randomly, in fact I tell my students not to start with Youtube tutorials because some of them are outdated and not in order. A very good "store" for programmers is W3Schools
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The hallmark of any great website is top notch web-design and a page that loads very fast- an evidence of good web development.

For all things web design, Adobe is the surest go-to. But first, what are the basics of web design? It'd surprise some to know that web design has some maths and psychology in it but don't let that deter you, it's absolutely doable. How?

- Read books about the core principles of design. I recommend reading Web Design For Dummies by Lisa Lopuck.
- Read all you can about typography and color schemes.
- Learn the basics of HTML and CSS (Web development)
- Get familiar with a good web design software e.g Adobe
- Start practicing with a good text editor e.g Atom
- Tie in all the concepts you learnt on web-design with HTML & CSS and bring your website to live.

Many persons these livings are complex in web designing and development the quantity is just aggregate. I deliver a blog about it on https://www.designsengine.com and it was right motivating. I got to know a lot about this effort.