What is Web design? The definition of “Web Design” can vary, depending on who you ask. Web designers working for one company may perform different tasks than Web designers working for another company.

The basic answer is that Web design is the design of a Web page or Website, including the information and user interface design, but not including programming. Programming falls under the definition of Web development, or Web application programming (to name two of many).

At a smaller company, with fewer people and more overlap of job descriptions, Web design can be defined as the whole production of the Website from start to finish. To clarify this a bit, let’s outline the process of creating a Website from scratch.