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Developers, start designing! – Arrrrcamp 2015

Developers, start designing! – Arrrrcamp 2015

We designers have been told for ages to learn how to program because we needed to know the technology. On the other hand, very few developers bother doing the same with design. This usually leads to worse results than necessary, and robs us of the opportunity to play on the same team.

This presentation is meant to contribute to the much needed discussion about how developers and designers can work together to achieve excellence without losing their minds. Attendees should leave the room afterwards with a certain insight in how ignorance hinders best outcomes and how they personally can improve the situation.

http://2015.arrrrcamp.be/

Alexandra Leisse

October 02, 2015
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  1. ! troubalex A UX designer’s process • Understand the problem

    • Google for UI patterns and solutions to similar problems • Discuss possible solutions with colleagues • Research, sketch, and prototype • Iterate, and refine designs
  2. ! troubalex – Katie Kovalcin, A List Apart “[The developers]

    began to understand the thought process behind our design decisions, and everyone could holistically understand the system we all were building together.”
  3. ! troubalex – Paul Boag, Smashing Magazine “The truth is

    that, as a developer delves into building a project, they will have to make decisions that affect and refine the design. Designers rarely have the time to consider all nuances of a website. The rest fall to the developer.”
  4. ! troubalex Lean UX: Getting Out Of The Deliverables Business

    by Jeff Gothelf
 http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/03/lean-ux-getting-out-of-the-deliverables- business/ Why You Should Include Your Developer In The Design Process by Paul Boag
 http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/11/why-you-should-include-your-developer-in-the- design-process/ 80/20 Practitioners Make Better Communicators by Katie Kovalcin
 http://alistapart.com/article/80-20-practitioners-make-better-communicators Dear Developer. Love, Designer. by Kylie Timpani
 http://humaan.com/dear-developer-love-designer/ Fist licensed under Public Domain via Commons
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