DEVELOPERS
NO LONGER A HOUSE DIVIDED
Victoria Sloan
Front End Engineer @
@victoriasloan95
DESIGNERS
&
Designers should code...
Should developers learn to design?
Myth:
Right Brain
Left Brain
.vs
UI
UX
Interaction
Visuals
Design?
What is design?
Design is not just what it looks and feels like.
Design is how it works.
- Steve Jobs
What isn't design?
Design isn't a magical process
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Design doesn't end before dev
Design
Dev
Sketch
Mockup
Prototype
Review
Iterate
Spec
Development things
What isn't design?
Design isn't a magical process
🙅♀️
Design isn't just about taste
Design doesn't end before dev
You don't need to be artistic
Why design?
Developers will run into design problems all the time...
Savin' time ⌛
Move this 2px over
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Make this transition smoother
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Change this text to a lighter grey
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Design Rules
Header 1
Consistency
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Space
Don't let constraints design for you...
Avoid system colours
R:0 G:0 B:255
How it works
How it looks
>
Be boring
& ignore trends...
Question everything!
The secret to good design 🗝
ITERATION 🔥
Design
Prototype
Evaluate
Title Text
Designer
.vs
Developer
Should developers design? they already do
Consistency is incredibly important
Try not to design the easiest thing to code
Design obvious over clever
Designers should involve developers
A clean UI is like clean code
Recap
Thanks
Victoria Sloan
@victoriasloan95