Desktop Utilities – Concept
Simplicity
Our first principle for website design and database design is simplicity. As quoted from Albert Einstein in the w3schools resource for W3.CSS, "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
- The focus is on minimalist website and database design that uses only essential resources to achieve functionality for everyday needs of individuals or small organisations.
- A priority is to design websites and databases that are easily-maintained and updated and that do not require investment in third-party web-publishing software programs or content management systems or specialised programming skills (including those that may be free when implemented and later become subject to subscription fees).
- By using just website coding environments directly supported and documented by w3schools, in particular HTML, CSS and Bootstrap, along with sufficient JavaScript to implement features of Bootstrap, there is transparency along with simplicity. All that is needed to maintain and update websites is a text editor and an FTP client. In database design, the central goal is to provide user-maintainable functionality that does not require coding work such as VBA.
Consistency
Our second principle for website design and database design is consistency. Consistency in website design is achieved by systematic use of cascading style sheets (CSS), which ensure that page elements such as headings, body text, bulleted and numbered lists, tables and menu sets all appear in a consistent way throughout a website. This ensures readability and makes navigation easy. In database design, consistency is achieved through the use of a relational database structure, where frequently-used data elements are drawn from separate tables for use in drop-down lists in the main data entry areas.
Validation
Our third principle for website design and database design is validation. Validation for website design is done by using Nu Html Checker. This online HTML parser checks for valid HTML5 syntax and usability. In database design, validation is achieved by considering uniqueness where required in fields; range of input content and format for data elements; and referential integrity in a relational database design.
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