- December 28, 2020
Naim Sedan: “You can build the most beautiful, fastest and perfect website. But if no one can find it, what’s the point?”
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe web developer living in England, Naim Sedan, told Neolo how he works currently and how he uses the different CMS according to his projects.
Tell us about yourself. How it’s been your experience as a web developer?
I always was interested in technology, but for some reason until a few years ago had this idea that only people that learned how to code as kids could be developers. I thought it was this thing that was extremely hard to learn as an adult and you needed a computer science degree and be super smart.
I was introduced to the first concepts of programming from a friend who’s a front-end developer, I fell in love immediately. A was starting a full stack web development course not so long after that and a few months later I got my first job.
What kind of customers do you have? Types of industries and sizes?
Almost all the work I do is internal or for other companies within the company group. All small and medium companies specialized in logistics and B2B trade.
What tools do you use to get a job done?
Google is my master key. I think I use stack overflow most of all and the official documentation for whatever language or tool I’m using.
Do you work with WordPress? What do you think are the advantages of it?
Currently I’m developing a plugin for WordPress, not really a fun of it but there’s excellent documentation, not to mention that given that is the most commonly used CMS there is no shortage of developers online with the knowledge and willingness to help.
With which CMS have you worked with?
I recently worked with Django’s Wagtail, liked it for the most part, and it is really easy to get it up and running. Also I spent a bit with Magento for a particular project which later turned out to be abandoned.
If you could choose any CMS, which would you choose and why?
Honestly I think that depends entirely on the needs of the project. There is a reason that most people use WordPress, it has so many solutions already available if you need them.
What CMS would you recommend for ecommerce?
I believe Wagtail is a great place to start for small and medium business, Django in general is a very robust framework and also has a lot of community support.
What’s the biggest difference between developing for mobile and desktop?
I think the differences are now getting smaller and smaller. On mobile you still have to worry about things that in web development are not even an issue, but with more standardization on mobile comes less trouble.
If you have to give one tip about SEO, what would it be?
I always remember an advice that a colleague said, “You can build the most beautiful, fastest and perfect website. But if no one can find it, what’s the point?”
What do you think will be the biggest trends in future web development?
It has been mobile first for a while now. I think we are going to move more and more from web development and mobile apps development to web applications, with no distinction between mobile and desktop.
Are you planning to have an online business?
