Working with designs: make 💖 not ⚔

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TDDBDD

DDDADD

FDD

http://scottberkun.com/2007/asshole-driven-development/

Quiz

Test

Behavior Assert

Feature

Quiz

DDD

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Design Driven Development

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Design defines: app architecture

data models

network flow

backend logic

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Static Picture vs

Dynamic Design

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Static Picture vs Dynamic Design

looks nice

shows the flow of the app

scales for real data

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Rendering

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Rendering

http://www.paintcodeapp.com/news/iphone-6-screens-demystified

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1 pixel separators

var onePixelLine = 1.0

one point lineone point line

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1 pixel separatorslet mainScreen = UIScreen.mainScreen() var onePixelLine = 1.0 / mainScreen.scale

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/2DDrawing/Conceptual/

DrawingPrintingiOS/GraphicsDrawingOverview/GraphicsDrawingOverview.html

@1x — 1.0@1x — 1.0@2x — 0.5@2x — 0.5

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1 pixel separatorslet mainScreen = UIScreen.mainScreen() var onePixelLine = 1.0 / mainScreen.scale if mainScreen.respondsToSelector(Selector("nativeScale")) { onePixelLine = 1.0 / mainScreen.nativeScale }

@1x — 1.0@1x — 1.0@2x — 0.5@2x — 0.5@3x — 0.33@3x — 0.33

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https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/2DDrawing/Conceptual/

DrawingPrintingiOS/GraphicsDrawingOverview/GraphicsDrawingOverview.html

Data-drivendoes design scale to fit real data?

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Data-drivengerman l10n?

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http://nshipster.com/launch-arguments-and-environment-variables/

http://www.thedotpost.com/2016/01/roy-marmelstein-localization-is-hard

Links for designers

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Designingat1x.TheIdealProductDesigner’sWorkflowhttps://medium.com/sketch-app-sources/designing-at-1x-33240842180c#.5ymv8uvkq

DesigningaLocalization-FriendlyUserInterfacehttps://www.transifex.com/blog/2015/localization-friendly-ui-design-part-1/

Flow of the app

One screen

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One screenjust one screen

so easy

much wow

very simple

such success

just list

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Empty

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Empty

http://emptystat.es

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FullScreen Loading

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FullScreen Failed

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Getting new data

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updating..updating.. errorerror

Load more data

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errorerrorfetching prev datafetching prev data

One screen, 8 states

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Links for designers

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UXDesigner’sNotes:DesigningFortheEmptyStateshttps://stanfy.com/blog/ux-designers-notes-designing-for-the-empty-states/

Whyemptystatesdeservemoredesigntimehttps://medium.com/@InVisionApp/why-empty-states-deserve-more-design-time-44b5adc7eb52#.izpqmr1d7

UXTip:ConsidertheEmptyStateshttp://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/ux-tip-consider-the-empty-states--cms-23692

Tools

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Sketch

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Making icon

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Live drawing

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Sketch for Devs

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super easy

quick export

vector

http://www.raywenderlich.com/117609/sketch-indie-developers

tutorial

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Zeplin

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Export

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Zeplin for Devs

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even more easy

exports ‘exportable’

web-version for everyone

color board

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Invision

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Invision for Devs

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working prototypes!

discussingsharing

assets

Use them!

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+ +

=

💪 💪😼

Links for designers

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Howdoyouensurethatthedevteamunderstandsthedesign?https://medium.com/swlh/how-do-you-ensure-that-the-dev-team-understands-the-design-b7043ea01cd8#.vwon69bmq

7TipsforSketchUsershttps://medium.com/@nnwoodman/7-tips-for-sketch-users-e09c27c7ce08#.nvphxansw

7ReasonsWhyIUseInVisionforRapidPrototypinghttps://medium.com/@mrjeremywells/7-reasons-why-i-use-invision-for-rapid-prototyping-ed1c33d5b86#.ia7j0oj5q

Ways

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PNG vs PDF

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PNG vs PDF

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3 assets 1 asset

http://martiancraft.com/blog/2014/09/vector-

images-xcode6/

https://bjango.com/articles/idontusepdfs/

xcode renderingpixel perfect

okay for evrthg okay for glyphs

tricky export paramseasy export

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PaintCode

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PaintCode

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PaintCode

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no images!

all in code!complex

animations*

…but code is

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Preview Xcode

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see every screen at once

Xcode plugins

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https://github.com/rickytan/RTImageAssets

https://github.com/kaphacius/IconMaker

RTImageAssetsgenerate@2x,@1ximagefrom@3ximageforyou,upscaleto@3xfrom@2x

IconMakergeneratesappiconsofallsizesfromlargeone

https://github.com/ksuther/KSImageNamed-Xcode

KSImageNamed-XcodeautocompletetheimageNamed:calls

Wind of change

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or if designs are worse than you expected

What’s wrong?

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Fix

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use one of colors!

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What’s wrong?

What’s wrong?

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Fixes

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Advice for Devs

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speak with designers

share ownership of UI/UX

don’t be afraid to fix

know guidelines!

use placeholders

The last slide

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More to Read

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watch again, find every link and read it!