UX For Developers - Little Things Matter

Barcamp Bangalore - November 1, 2015.

With User Experience being all the rage in the design world, it is important that we all understand the value of little UX based insights that go a long way in making the software we build easier to use, smoother to experience and harder to let go of.

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1. UX FOR DEVELOPERS THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MATTER BARCAMP BANGALORE - MONSOON ‘15
2. UX FOR DEVELOPERS WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? @ANDYSHRINIVAS
3. UX FOR DEVELOPERS WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? ▸ The developer is the single point of magic (SPOM) for small teams with big ambitions. And big teams with smaller budgets. @ANDYSHRINIVAS
4. UX FOR DEVELOPERS WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? ▸ Developer is the 
 - Backend NINJA 
 - Front-end ROCKSTAR
 - Code CHEF
 - Architecture WIZARD
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5. UX FOR DEVELOPERS WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? @ANDYSHRINIVAS ▸ Simple reason: HABITS. 
 
 Continuous projects lead to 
 a set of practices that grow
 stronger with experience. 

6. UX FOR DEVELOPERS WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? @ANDYSHRINIVAS ▸ REASON 2: THE UPHILL BATTLE

7. UX FOR DEVELOPERS WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? @ANDYSHRINIVAS ▸ REASON 2: THE UPHILL BATTLE

8. UX FOR DEVELOPERS WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? @ANDYSHRINIVAS ▸ REASON 2: THE UPHILL BATTLE

9. UX FOR DEVELOPERS WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? @ANDYSHRINIVAS ▸ REASON 3: THE OPPORTUNITY
10. UX FOR DEVELOPERS WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? @ANDYSHRINIVAS ▸ REASON 3: THE OPPORTUNITY
11. UX FOR DEVELOPERS OK, NOW WHAT? @ANDYSHRINIVAS HOW CAN I PUT UX IN APP, SAAR?
12. UX FOR DEVELOPERS THE UX CHECKLIST MANIFESTO ▸ Before diving into your code, get the following aspects of the solution cleared:
 - WHO?
 - WHY?
 - WHAT?
 - HOW? @ANDYSHRINIVAS
13. UX FOR DEVELOPERS THE UX CHECKLIST MANIFESTO ▸ WHO 
 - Who are the users? 
 - Who should be validating the features?
 - Whom are we building this for? The users or the clients?
 - Who let the dogs out? @ANDYSHRINIVAS
14. UX FOR DEVELOPERS THE UX CHECKLIST MANIFESTO ▸ WHY 
 - Why should you build this solution? 
 - Why would the users use this solution?
 - Why is your solution better/different?
 - Why is the user not happy with the existing solution? @ANDYSHRINIVAS
15. UX FOR DEVELOPERS THE UX CHECKLIST MANIFESTO ▸ WHAT 
 - What are you building? App? Website? Portals? 
 - What would make the users come back to the app?
 [Please note: the active monthly user is GOD]
 - What is your solution - a feature or a bug?
 - What can you do to avoid featuritis/feature creep? @ANDYSHRINIVAS
16. UX FOR DEVELOPERS THE UX CHECKLIST MANIFESTO ▸ HOW 
 - How does the user complete a task flow? 
 - How do you develop the zero state/no content state?
 - How does your solution answer the user needs? @ANDYSHRINIVAS
17. UX FOR DEVELOPERS THE UX CHECKLIST MANIFESTO ▸ HOOKS
 - When does the user quit the application?
 - When is the user most likely to look for more features? @ANDYSHRINIVAS
18. UX FOR DEVELOPERS </LECTURE> @ANDYSHRINIVAS NOW SOME QUICK TIPS
19. UX FOR DEVELOPERS TIP TIP BARSA UX ▸ CALL TO ACTION - Get it right
 - AKA userwala interaction @ANDYSHRINIVAS ▸ AMBIGUITY - Avoid
 - AKA Kisko click karu, kaise click karu.
20. UX FOR DEVELOPERS TIP TIP BARSA UX ▸ Choices - Obvious always wins. Best fit always first. @ANDYSHRINIVAS CLICK THIS! BEST OPTION EVER CLICK THIS - IF YOU WANT TO NOT THE RIGHT CHOICE, MAN NOPE. NOPE. NOPE.
21. UX FOR DEVELOPERS TIP TIP BARSA UX ▸ Information Architecture 
 - Like things go together 
 - Group daughter node under the mother node
 - Labelling and terms
 - Toasts & notifications - error messages, pop-ups etc @ANDYSHRINIVAS
22. UX FOR DEVELOPERS @ANDYSHRINIVAS SOME EXAMPLES
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32. UX FOR DEVELOPERS @ANDYSHRINIVAS "Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results" - General George Patton
33. UX FOR DEVELOPERS @ANDYSHRINIVAS BCB MONSOON 2015 #OKTHXBYE