Modern App Design with Ext

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MODERN DESIGN APP Ext with BRIAN MOESKAU

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App design trends Inspiration Existing tools Ext design trends DIY Strategies Extrovert

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APP DESIGN TRENDS

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Visual Design

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Whitespace

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Simplicity

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Geometry

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Color & Contrast

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Typography

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Interaction Design

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Progressive Disclosure

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Adaptive Layout

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“Design is becoming a key differentiator –StartupsThisIsHowDesignWorks.com for companies to acquire funding, press coverage, and loyal users.

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INSPIRATION Can come from many sources

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“User experience is... the way a person feels –Wikipedia about using a product, system or service.

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“User experience is... subjective in nature –Wikipedia because it is about an individual’s feelings and thoughts about the system.

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Design is important

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a competitive advantage! Design is important

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Great user experience is... Difficult! really REALLY

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TOOLS

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These are awesome BUT...

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Not useful for Ext Based on speciﬁc markup Difﬁcult to mix CSS libs No component API No support for Ext widgets

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So... How can we apply good design principles to Ext JS development?

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EXT DESIGN TRENDS

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2007

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2012

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2012(?)

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2012

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DIY STRATEGIES

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Media Queries @media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px) { /* awesome CSS here */ }

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Typekit, Google Web Fonts

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Custom SASS / CSS .#{$prefix}tab-default-to -webkit-box-shadow: rgb -moz-box-shadow: rgba(2 box-shadow: rgba(255,25 border-bottom: 1px soli } .#{$prefix}tab button { padding: 2px; font-size: 12px; } .#{$prefix}panel-header-t .#{$prefix}panel-header-t text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rg }

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But... “I’m not a designer!”

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More like it?

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Introducing... Extrovert Ext with a modern personality http://is.gd/extrovert

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Demo!

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Modern Design Goal

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Incremental Design Goal

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Easy Design Goal items: [{ title: 'My Awesome Panel', cls: 'extro-panel-warning' }]

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Flexible Design Goal cls: 'extro-panel-child' cls: 'extro-panel-danger' cls: 'extro-panel-warning' cls: 'extro-panel-inverse'

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Design Goal Adaptive

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Mobile-ish Design Goal

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Caveats Currently proof-of-concept quality Additional planned features Does not work in IE (yet) Ext ThemeGap?