Web Development solutions are always rife with nuances that vary greatly. Whether it is because of the client or because of the end-user, web development is as much a fluid process as a framework based process. However, this duality is far easier to understand than it is made out to be. Yes, there are complexities in implementation of a development decision or in choosing a particular tool. But if you understand this duality in its most simplest of terms, then the implementation becomes a much clearer process.

What do you mean by Development Duality?

Web Development involves essentially two entities. Server and End User. How the End-user will behave and what will be her preferences is what constitutes UX Design in broad strokes. How the Server will behave and what instructions are required to make it behave in a particular way is the programming. The interaction between these two entities from either side of the screen is conducted by a Web Developer, thus Web Development. Because we are developing an ecosystem where the User and the Server establish a mutually beneficial experience.

How would you define this idea?
In 1980, Jon Postel published an early specification primarily aimed for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) which served as a keystone of how the code of conduct of Internet is understood.
In this paper, Jon Postel wrote:
Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.
This definition has come to serve as how the communication behaves on Internet. And thus, UX Design or Web Development have acquired this adage as a key concept on which to build its behavior.

What does the definition mean?

Postel's adage can be analyzed by segmenting in two parts.

• Be Conservative in What You Do: This relates to the Server Side Web Development. A Server is a machine that serves only specified and syntax coded instructions. As a result, it requires a great amount of exclusivity in terms of how you provide it with instructions.  To be conservative in what you do means you need to provide an excessively specific and unique code for your tasks that you need the Server to function upon.
• Be liberal in What You Accept from Others: This takes into consideration the User Side Design. UX Design is a highly nuanced field for the simple reason that you cannot quantify User Behavior. You can measure their preferences, you can hope to analyze a routine out of the metrics but at the core of it, User is always unpredictable. Which means that the UX Design requires to all encompassing of the User feedback. What a user will do, can do, will ever do and wants to do, all of it should be taken into account. Humans are curious creatures and we love to explore the unknown as long as we are safe in a particular environment. A Web Interface is the environment that seeks to assure the user that they will find what they are looking for…and more.

What's the point of Development Duality?
The whole point of Development Duality is "Build a relationship between the server and user."
That's what you need if you want a good overall web experience for your user. Whether you are business or a publisher or a simple entertainment blog.

Here's what the relationship between your Server and your User consists of:

• Stability: The server will never be down, it will always be there to provide the user with the information she needs.
• Completion: The User will provide an unfulfilled want/need and the Server will provide/satisfy the need/want through the means available to it.
• Engagement: The Server will provide a robust, reliable platform for the User Interface and enhance the engagement between the User and the Interface.

It is critical to understand that a User and a Server both are polarities. While the former is uncharted behavioral patterns, the latter is a specified behavioral entity. To bridge this gap is the entire motive of Web Development.
Vinfotech has spent a decade and some more in understanding and building websites which provide the brilliant web experiences in different domains. Our work is the talk of the techtown and we are always eager to build new experiences. If you are seeking a web development solutions that require such expertise, contact us.

Attribution: We'd like to thank Lyle Mullican for his well articulated article on this subject to serve as an inspiration for this blog post.