Front-End Developer Handbook 2018

Written by Cody Lindley

This is a guide that anyone could use to learn about the practice of front-end development. It broadly outlines and discusses the practice of front-end engineering: how to learn it and what tools are used when practicing it in 2018.

https://frontendmasters.com/books/front-end-handbook/2018/

10 Great Sites for UI Design Patterns

You don’t want to spend your whole life redesigning the wheel do you? No, neither do we. If you are looking for a design that solves a problem that has been solved inside a different application before; then the template for your wheel is probably already out there. That’s a design pattern to you and me.

https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/10-great-sites-for-ui-design-patterns?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=sm

Remember for Presentation 1 you only have to worry about the content up until the Customer Journey Map

The first presentation is approaching.

The presentation should be a wrap up of all of the research from the initial client meeting to the Customer Journey Map.

Some things to include:

• COMPETITOR RESEARCH  – What are similar products to your own, What are they like, do users like them?, what are some of their weaknesses?
• USER RESEARCH – Who are your likely users? What do they like? What do they do? What are their general attitudes towards products such as yours?
  • Personas – How you show the audience you understand the users and help them understand the users.
  • Scenarios – How you show the audience that you have an idea of how your users (the personas) will use your app, why they use it, and when they use it.
  • Customer Journey Map – Demonstrates to the audience that you have at least begun to map out how a user will actually navigate/use your application. Think of it as a map to what the customer is doing and seeing while trying to use your app. What does the user see?/What do they do? become What does the user see next?/What does the user do next?

What is a UX portfolio, and What Should it Contain?

BY ANDREAS KOMNINOS

A big part of a UX Designer’s career is spent communicating his/her findings to other members in a UX team. But to make a career in UX design, one type of communication you will have to master is the ability to showcase your design skills to the people who are likely to hire you. To achieve this, UX designers develop portfolios – i.e., a collection of case studies highlighting past work they’ve done and how this work demonstrates the skills they have developed. Let’s find out what the key ingredients are in a great portfolio.

https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/what-is-a-ux-portfolio-and-what-should-it-contain?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=sm

Story Matrix

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13U5sm9TpmLPaa_km-SQG0C2T4-nuEpsTQLuZ0gUHmJE/edit?usp=sharing

Presentation 08 – Understanding Wireframes

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PBo_b2ywVDulSrvSfm4n9yKnkI9YFcHhLLY5k4jfoyA/edit?usp=sharing

Presentation 07 – Understanding UI Design

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bQXo0yif3NeYYAagTFas-coVDTV2S4Qf-JQdCC3W-tQ/edit?usp=sharing

Presentation 06 – UI:The Basic Principles of Design

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1q8BUDXREMLli5V4zgNb3dnWKEyc1KMwiRHUJlPZ0MPY/edit?usp=sharing

Line25

http://line25.com/articles/inspirational-showcase-of-uiux-design-presentations