ux for developers. say what?!
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UX for DevelopersSAY WHAT?!
Agnieszka Naplocha @aganaplocha / #ux4dev
Confitura 2015
Who am I?
Being on both side of the fence: UX vs Development
@aganaplocha
#ux4devs #confitura
Adobe, Visual Design & Front-end Development
Who are you?
Front-end or Back-end?
Start-up or big company?
Have you ever worked with UX designers?
Knowing more about UI design will make you a better developer, but that doesn’t mean you should be responsible for UI design.
Designer is stuck
Think product, not features.
Code is executed on a machine, but the interaction design is executed on a human.
UX != UI
The UX Process
Concept
Research Prototyping
Tests
Creative Workshops
Organized at the very beginning
Participatory design
Meet people from the team
Get insight into the project’s domain
Engage in the project
Sketching
Paper prototypes
Simple, easy & quick
Picture means more than words
Card Sorting
When you are lost in the navigation
Works for grouping and categorizing the content
Designer Daily
Having insight into design progress
Possibility to discuss solution
Be more familiar with the design process
Better communication
The new product is coming
How users see it
Guerrilla’s Test
Research-led design is the holy grail of design
Test your design quickly and cheaply
Get instant feedback
You need developers to see users using their application and any difficulties users have.
Jeff Atwood, Co-founder of Stack Overflow
So three pieces of advice: Have developers observe actual users. Have them share help desk duties. Buy everybody a copy of 'Don’t Make Me Think'. Jeff Atwood, Co-founder of Stack Overflow
You can make it!
Step out of your comfort zone Broaden your horizon Get insight into design process Contribute
Images sources http://ministryofgifs.org/ http://uxreactions.com/ https://digitalfirstnotts.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/dscf1468.jpg http://www.apptech.com.hk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ux-design-300x300.png
Thank you! Questions?
@aganaplocha
#ux4devs #confitura