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Shodipo Ayomide
November 16, 2019
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Design from a dimension of open-source
A talk on design to designers and developers at GDG DevFest Ikorordu 2019.
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November 16, 2019
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Transcript
Design from a dimension of open-source SHODIPO AYOMIDE | GDG
DEVFEST IKORODU 2019
Sr. Developer Advocate @developerayo Shodipo Ayomide
Community Evangelist ➔ unStack ➔ Open Source Africa ➔ Developers
Circles Lagos from Facebook ➔ NaijaHacks
Designers can’t get less creative, the more you produce design
assets the more creative you get overtime. - SHODIPO AYOMIDE
OPEN-SOURCE
OPEN-SOURCE
THE PROBLEM
It’s quite hard to find a single designer who contribute
to open-source efficiently.
Contributing to open-source as a Designer can be intimidating based
on the level of features you see already prepared.
Tools used for contributing to open-source are quite hard to
find!
Perception of designers not needed in open-source, just make it
work.
THE SOLUTION
Resources: tailored towards how to contribute to open-source as a
designer.
Tools: Developers/companies needs to create more tools to help aid
designers contribute to open-source.
Some open-source contributors you should know...
Peace Ojemeh Samson Goddy Ada Nduka Oyom Prosper Otemuyiwa Moyinoluwa
Adeyemi Ire Aderinokun Adewale Abati Shodipo Ayomide
Getting started with OSS
Open-Source in a nutshell is a free software built by
the community for the community with improvements shared across different technical talents.
➔ Mobile Application ➔ Web Apps ➔ Programming/Scripting Frameworks ➔
Wordpress and CMS Plugins/themes ➔ More...
The Web has been open-source since “View Page Source”
How can a designer begin contributing to open-source?
The GitHub issue tab is the best place to start
out.
Evaluate a chosen project’s Layout and workflow.
Evaluate a chosen project’s client side usability.
Evaluate a chosen project’s color combinations.
Evaluate a chosen project’s user experience, transitions, fonts.
Evaluate a chosen project’s official logo.
Creating design layout for each components based on open issues.
Coming up with alternative design patterns
Implementing your designs into code if you are a Front-end
Engineer.
Crappy things some engineers say about design.
Design is an ideology not a professional profession.
if the end product is quality software, why can't designers
code?
if the end product is quality software, why can't designers
code?
Design is necessary in building startup products and open-source product
in the realm of open-source.
The web has been open-source for designers using the “Web
Inspector”, live debugging design in CSS and JavaScript.
Version Control (design history)
Designing for multiple devices
Designing for multiple devices/responsiveness
Make Horrible design suck less
Always design for designers, developers often build for other developers
to contribute to.
TOOLS
➔ Jekyll ➔ GitHub Pages ➔ Heroku ➔ ZEIT NOW
➔ Netlify
Thank you, guys! Now, go forth and contribute to open-source
as a designer!!! Twitter: @developerayo