Testing that requires someone to follow a written procedure will not be done often enough
to catch errors as a result of code changes. As the Zend Framework??™s MVC system provides a response object,
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we can use unit testing to check that the HTML output has the correct data in it, so we can test elements of the
page rendering too.
3.1.2 Designing the User Interface
We also need to consider how our new website is going to work in terms of the user interface (UI). I??™m a
software engineer, not a creative designer, so it??™s probably best if I don??™t provide many thoughts on design! A
good user interface is much more than just the appearance; you also have to consider how it operates for the
user and ensure that they can get to the information they are looking for with the minimum of fuss.
When designing a user interface for the site, we need to think about the features we need, page layout,
accessibility, images and menus and navigation. We will now look at the key issues to consider for these
elements which form part of the design brief for creation of the actual look and feel of the website.
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