Tips for the Best IOT Website Design

by Asad Ali, Guest Contributor

​For now, let’s be on the same page and agree that IoT is taking over the world. With time, the internet of things is becoming more and more popular, especially on the web. All this popularity is justified because IoT is and has completely revolutionized the interaction of human beings with technology. 

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For those who don’t know, the Internet of Things include all the devices and objects that we have in our homes and are connected to the internet. It’s not just the devices, in fact, even the process of web development and designing is now connected with the work in line with IoT. A lot of you might be wondering about how exactly do IoT and web designing connect because both these things are completely different. Well, after reading this article, you won’t have to worry about anything because we are now going to explain it all to you in detail.

Web Designing and IOT
In order to understand the connection, you first need to have a little grip on GUI (graphical user interface). GUI is basically all those elements that you are using on your mobile phones and computers. 

Now, there are specific considerations in web designing that are to be implemented with the Internet of Things for a better user experience and a better user interaction. 

Back End 
If you want your users to interact with the IoT devices, all you have to do is to initiate and power up a whole communication bridge between the two. Of course the communication is going to be different for different devices because every device comes with different capabilities, functionalities and even commands. 

Now for the interaction, you can easily use Node. Js which is popular as one of the best and the most popular web development frameworks of all time. 

Advanced Security 
People have always been concerned about the security of the devices that are powered by IoT. Especially due to the whole amount of data that has to be gathered, it’s one of the biggest challenges faced by IoT. All the devices that receive the data and transmit it, they have to be secure and protected from all the outside viruses and corruption in order to keep all of the data safe and secure. Now this is a one difficult task for all the web developers out there but at the same time this is something only they can work on. A website designing company would specifically know the importance of securing the data. 
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Speed and Reliability
When a web design is connected with IoT, things improve and most importantly, the speed and the reliability improves, which is why the designers out there should skip their traditional designing methods and opt for the one that’s connected with IoT. At the end of the day, speed and reliability is what works for both the users and the web designers and that’s exactly what we are talking about here. 

Testing
For sites that are IoT enabled, testing holds more value as compared to the regular sites. With testing, a designer can easily identify all the flaws and weaknesses of a site that can easily be exploited by hackers and scammers sitting out there. Not only this, in fact, this “testing” can also help in the assessment of the power management that’s required by the network. 

Management Of Power  
Most of the times, the IoT devices are the ones that run on a battery and are wireless. This actually refers to the fact that whenever the interaction or communication time exceeds, the battery will definitely die. In simpler words, the designers need to ensure that the website is designed in a way that minimum battery power is used. 

A Dynamic UI 
Designing a web user interface for an IoT application is a must. On top of it all, it’s supposed to be reliable, sophisticated and robust. In order to ensure a great user experience, you should use the standard usability practices that will not only help with a logical flow, in fact, it will also help with intuitiveness. 

Keeping Mobile at The Forefront 
Majority of your users will be coming straight away from tablets and mobile devices because nowadays, people don’t have the kind of time to use their desktop computers to view a website. It’s surprising how still there are some companies who don’t consider this factor and just overlook the mobile users. This is the reason why you must keep the responsive design and mobile at the forefront while designing your website. Hire a designer and put him on work for all the components of every device type and then consider how all these things affect the user experience.

These are some of the best tips for the best IoT website design. Consider these tips and use them the next time you design an IoT site for the best results. 

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