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Bridging UX and Web Development
Better Results through Team Integration
1st Edition - June 6, 2014
Author: Jack Moffett
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:9780124202450
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eBook ISBN:9780128007877
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The divide between UX and Web development can be stifling. Bridging UX and Web Development prepares you to break down those walls by teaching you how to integrate with your team’s developers. You examine the process from their perspective, discovering tools and coding principles that will help you bridge the gap between design and implementation. With these tried and true approaches, you’ll be able to capitalize on a more productive work environment.
Whether you’re a novice UX professional finding your place in the software industry and looking to nail down your technical skills, or a seasoned UI designer looking for practical information on how to integrate your team with development, this is the must-have resource for your UX library.
Establish a collaboration lifecycle, mapping design activities to counterparts in the software development process
Learn about software tools that will improve productivity and collaboration
Work through step-by-step exercises that teach font-end coding principles to improve your prototyping and implementation activities
Discover practical, usable HTML and CSS examples
Uncover tips for working with various developer personas
Primary: Interaction Designer, User Experience Secondary: Information Designer/Architect, Web Designer, Web Developer
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface
Part I: Working with Developers for Fun and Profit
Part I. Working with Developers for Fun and Profit
Chapter 1. State of the Industry
Chapter 2. Looking for Group
Do’s and Don’ts of Designer–Developer Relationships
Developer Personas
Chapter 3. Collaboration Life Cycle
Requirements Analysis
Design
Implementation
Testing and Evaluation
Part II: Sitting in the Driver’s Seat
Part II. Sitting in the Driver’s Seat
Chapter 4. Why HTML and CSS?
Share the HTML, Own the Style Sheet
Style Sheet as Design Specification
Chapter 5. Tooling Up
Integrated Development Environment
Choose Your Weapon
Browser Developer Tools
Diffing and Merging
Version Control
Exercise 1: Git ’er Done!
Putting it All Together
Chapter 6. Formatting Standards
Whitespace
Comments
Formatting CSS
Declaration Order
More Tools?
Exercise 2: Format and Diff
Chapter 7. OOCSS
Ground Rules
Exercise 3: Using Sprites
Two Primary Principles of OOCSS
Exercise 4: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Creating Components
Exercise 5: A Practical Example of Reusable Components
Chapter 8. Owning Behavior
Exercise 6: The Other Field
Exercise 7: Economy of Scale
Classy Code
Chapter 9. Looking Toward the Horizon
CSS Preprocessors
Javascript Libraries
Harness Up Your App and Ride
Exercise #9: Test Harness
Not the End
References and Resources
How to Find Me
Survey
Designers Working with Developers
Learning to Code
Interesting Moments Grid
HTML and CSS
OOCSS
Toolbox
Glossary
Index
No. of pages: 224
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: June 6, 2014
Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
Paperback ISBN: 9780124202450
eBook ISBN: 9780128007877
JM
Jack Moffett
With a BFA in Graphic Design from West Virginia University and a Masters in Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon, Jack has been designing web, desktop, and mobile applications for over a decade. He has worked in both research and industry environments and has been teaching design part-time for more than eight years at WVU. As Senior Interaction Designer at Inmedius, a Boeing Company, Jack’s responsibilities cover the gamut from initial user research and product conceptualization through to implementation and testing. As such, his skill set includes visual design, information design, and front-end implementation.
He has designed software tools for Lockheed Martin, Shell, DaimlerChrysler, Eaton, and many organizations within the U.S. military, including Joint Service Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Naval Reactors, and NCIS. Jack has spoken at conferences and led workshops to teach designers how to integrate with their development teams and participate in implementation. He co-founded IxDA Pittsburgh and writes about design on designaday.tumblr.com.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Interaction Designer at Inmedius, a Boeing Company, and writer about design on designaday.tumblr.com
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