Hands-On UX Design for Developers: Design, prototype, and implement compelling user experiences from scratch. - Softcover

Canziba, Elvis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1788626699 ISBN 13: 9781788626699

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Learn every step you need for product design and development

Key Features

• Explore all the tools that you need to be a complete UX designer
• Code the product designs you’ve created to become a full-stack designer
• Build an amazing portfolio with real-world projects

Book Description

Designing user experience (UX) is one of the most important aspects of a project, as it has a direct effect on how customers think of your company. The process of designing a user experience is one of the most challenging yet rewarding aspects of product development. Hands-On UX Design for Developers will teach you how to create amazing user experiences for products from scratch.

This book starts with helping you understand the importance of a good UX design and the role of a UX designer. It will take you through the different stages of designing a UX and the application of various principles of psychology in UX design. Next, you will learn how to conduct user research and market research, which is crucial to creating a great UX. You will also learn how to create user personas and use it for testing. This book will help you gain the ability to think like a UX designer and understand both sides of product development: design and coding. You will explore the latest tools, such as Sketch, Balsamiq, and Framer.js, to create wireframes and prototypes. The concluding chapters will take you through designing your UI, dealing with big data while designing a UX, and the fundamentals of frontend. Finally, you'll prepare your portfolio and become job ready in the UX arena.

What you will learn

• What UX is and what a UX designer does
• Explore the UX Process and science of making products user-friendly
• Create user interfaces and learn which tools to use
• Understand how your design works in the real world
• Create UI interaction, animation, wireframes, and prototypes
• Design a product with users in mind
• Develop a personal portfolio and be well-prepared to join the UX world

Who this book is for

Hands-On UX/UI Design for Developers is for web designers who have knowledge of basic UX design principles.

Table of Contents

1. What is UX?
2. UX Design Process
3. User behavior basics and User Research
4. Getting to know your users
5. User Profiles / User Personas
6. Designing Behavior
7. Visual Design Principle and Process
8. Wireframes and Prototyping
9. UI Design Animations and Implementations
10. Frontend UI Implementation and Process
11. After Launch UX
12. Designing for Big Data

About this title

About the Author

Elvis Canziba has over 12 years of digital experience, the bulk of which came from working in the highly competitive industry.

He is a UX designer and frontend developer with a passion for technology and a knack for creating order out of chaos. He previously worked with different companies in the United States and Europe, and has moved to Dubai within the last two years. In that time, he has produced fantastic results in UX design and has managed various companies as Lead Developer, producing a high ROI every time.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788626699
• ISBN 13: 9781788626699
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350