Solve common application design and usability issues with flair! Design for Developers introduces the essential design and UX techniques to help you create good user experiences, iterate smoothly on front-end features, and collaborate effectively with designer colleagues.
Author Stephanie Stimac shares the unique insights she's learned as a designer for the Microsoft Developer Experiences team. This one-of-a-kind book provides a developer-centric approach to the essential design fundamentals of modern web applications.
Key features include:
Use colour, typography, and layout to create a hierarchy on a web page
Apply colour palettes consistently in a user interface
Choose the correct typefaces and fonts
Conduct user research to validate design decisions
Quickly plan a website's layout and structure
Ideal for web developers familiar with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript basics, you will learn how to craft a polished visual design with just colour, space, and typeface and put all your new skills into practice to design a website from scratch.
About the technology Having good design sense will make you a better web developer. This practical guide teaches you essential design and UX principles so you can speak the language of design and make more informed decisions about how you build your apps. You will also get up to speed with the design workflow and learn how to integrate the design process effectively into the development lifecycle.
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 185 mm
Dicke: 18 mm
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978-1-61729-947-6 (9781617299476)
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Stephanie Stimac is a design technologist and senior product manager focusing on building and improving developer experiences. She previously worked on the Microsoft Edge browser for six years before joining RapidAPI. She studied web design and has worked as both a designer and front-end developer with clients that include Microsoft, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Safeway and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Apart from her work focusing on identifying developer needs in the browser web platform, Stephanie frequently speaks about topics of user interface and visual design at conferences around the world.
