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A website or an app: where should your idea start?

Choose a starting point by thinking about what your visitors need to learn and what they need to do.

Start with the visitor’s goal

If people mainly need to understand your business, explore your work, or get in touch, begin with a website. Its first job is to make the next step easy to find.

If people need to manage information, track progress, or complete a repeat process, begin with an app. A client portal and a project tracker are examples of work that benefits from an interactive flow.

Make the first version small enough to review

Describe one audience and one main outcome. Choose the essential screens or pages before adding secondary features. A focused first version makes it easier to check whether the idea is useful.

For a site, explain the sections, tone, and call to action. For an app, explain the information a person enters, what happens next, and what they should see at the end.

A STARTING POINT TO TRY

Help me build a client portal. For the first version, clients need to see their project status, the next milestone, and shared files. Ask me about the essential details before building it.

Review the behavior as well as the appearance

Open the result at different screen sizes. Follow the main flow from beginning to end, including the empty state and any form submission.

If your project needs authentication, payments, or customer data, explain those requirements explicitly. Review the setup and access rules before using the project with real customers.

MAKE IT YOUR OWN

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