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Gain a thorough understanding of the two pillars of any User Experience project: the mission and the process. The mission is to keep the user in mind at each step or milestone as the developer progresses through the project. The process is how that mission is accomplished through collaboration and the use of research, design and development technologies. This book walks you through a developer's journey through the UX process, from start to finish. A Guide to UX Design and Development concentrates on the intersection of what is called ¿DesignOps¿ and ¿DevOps.¿ That intersection is where collaboration between all members of the team, including stakeholders and clients, occurs and neither DesignOps nor DevOps can go beyond being considered just buzzwords if they instead silo design and development. To highlight the UX Mission and illustrate the responsibility developers also hold for the user experience, authors Tom Green and Joseph Labrecque take you througha hypothetical project involving the development of a parking app for a municipal parking authority. As the book progresses, they concentrate on the developer's journey through the whole project from discovery to product release. In this journey, you will see how developers can make an impact and contribute to the user experience.This will include such topics as why there is a need for both a user journey map and a technical journey map. The authors explain why prototyping is not as complicated as it is made out to be because it is simply an early low-cost and disposable minimal viable product that gives the developer a deep understanding of the project's intent in support of the UX Mission. You will also explore the creation and use of design systems and why the developer's role is just as important as the people who create the design system. The role and responsibility of the developer in user testing is discussed in the context of a variety of testing and assessment methodsconducted to achieve the UX mission.Finally, yoüll gain an understanding of how design and development deliverables are negotiated, prepared and sent out for research at each step of the process, and how the developer is involved.What You Will LearnUnderstand the evolving role of the developer in a team-based environmentLearn the five stages of the UX process Discover the importance of collaboration and communication with stakeholders, designers, and developers at every stage of the processLearn a variety of design and development documents created during the UX processWho This Book Is ForDevelopers and designers involved in the UX Process, as well as developers trying to make sense of the confusing amount of information out there regarding their role in the UX process.

Reimagine different generative AI as useful creative prototyping tools that can be used to augment your own creative process and projects. Gain a deeper understanding of how generative AI can elevate your creative future. You will acquire a comprehensive understanding of how AI works, uncover tools that can enhance your AI interactions, learn how to extract maximum potential from AI-produced content, and experiment with methods for assessing, refining, and boosting the content to transform your creative projects. You'll also explore how creative professionals from varied disciplines are employing generative AI in their workflows to produce distinctive contributions to the world. Each chapter provides examples of how designers and other creative individuals can utilize these technological wonders, adopting various prototyping techniques to fast-track and optimize design processes and workflows. Creators from all disciplines can tap into the vast capabilities and benefits of generative AI, enabling them to rapidly experiment and prototype their ideas.You Will Learn:Understand how generative AI can support your own creative processLearn tools to get the most out of text-text, text-image, and text-video generative AIAugment your design practices using generative AIDraw inspiration from AI generated content to create unique creative workImprove and streamline creatives processes and workflowsWho This Book Is ForDigital media professionals who want to access off-the shelf creative tools to improve and accelerate their creativity and workflow.Designers and engineers who are looking at novel ways to improve their prototyping and testing processes.Students who want to use AI to rapidly generate ideas to support them in prototyping assignments.Instructors interested in pointing their students to a variety of accessible AI resources to manage their own creativity.

Developer documentation is a powerful tool in developer relations because it provides all the necessary information during the onboarding process and keeps your users informed on changes such as release notes, status reports and new and updated topics. Using a design thinking approach, this book aims to provide an easy to follow blueprint for building successful developer documentation by using the award winning platformOS developer portal as inspiration.You'll work with practical usable templates, workflows, and tools validated and peer-reviewed by international experts in the fields of documentation, technical writing, developer relations, and UX design. This book reveals the many factors that must be considered while crafting developer documentation, such as hitting the right target audience, designing a seamless onboarding experience, and selecting the right workflows and data analysis methods. You'll delve into this complex mix of topics, each with its unique considerations, and understand why it¿s difficult for those working on developer documentation to understand the process, as well as all the necessary ingredients, tools, and resources to overcome that challenge. Crafting Docs for Success is your one-stop resource for empowering your team and community to contribute and help maintain your documentation, as well as further improve diversity and inclusion. What You'll LearnExamine how user research facilitates documentation developmentUtilize design thinking, community-driven documentation, and Docs as Code Understand editorial workflows and what happens at each stepWrite a style guide from scratch and use it for content productionReview how methods and strategies fall into place during technical implementationWho This Book Is ForSoftware developersand designers, documentation maintainers and managers, technical writers, developer relations practitioners and advocates, technical community managers, developer marketers, and start-up founders, CTOs, and CEOs

Explore the possibilities spatial computing and its integration with AI can provide beyond the confines of a traditional user interface. Spatial computing brings together physical and virtual worlds and systems. This book offers an insightful journey into harmonizing user-centered design with the vast potential of AI in spatial computing. You'll start by exploring key concepts and processes in relation to conscious design and traditional computer interfaces. You'll then be introduced to the Mindful Spatial Design Framework (MSDF) and the rapidly evolving world of generative AI and its potential to transform design processes.Once the key concepts are mastered, you'll start to put them into practice and see how to design, prototype, and test interfaceless systems and environments that are seamless and user-friendly. In doing so you'll consider topics such as functionality and aesthetics, as well as how AI can improve automation and testing. The book concludes by looking at ethical AI considerations and best practices as well as looking at next steps and future developments of spatial computing and interfaceless design. As these invisible interfaces become more prevalent, understanding the key principles of conscious design is pivotal. Interfaceless will expand your knowledge base in these areas. What You'll LearnIncorporate conscious design principles in spatial computing projects.Leverage AI to enhance UX in spatial contexts.Develop strategies to address design challenges as we move beyond physical interfaces.See how VR/XR apps, devices, and generative AI are rapidly changing how we perceive and interact with the digital realm.Who This Book Is ForUX/UI designers, developers, and tech enthusiasts eager to grasp the future of HCI.

This book introduces you to the exciting world of generative art (artwork that are solely or partially created with the use of an autonomous system) through the medium of SVG and JavaScript. More specifically, it will teach the use of Graphery SVG (gySVG), a JavaScript library that closely mirrors the SVG spec and makes scripting SVG very intuitive and enjoyable. Armed with gySVG, the reader will be taught tried and trusted techniques in producing generative imagery. Each chapter will build upon the previous one, and those completely new to programming will be given a primer to help them find their feet.Beginning with a simple generative sketch that illustrates, and then explains, fundamental programming concepts such as variables, data types, operators, loops, conditionals and functions - the reader will go on to explore the power of Scalable Vector Graphics, how to play with randomness and regularity, how to use noise to create organic variance, and how to make sketches interactive and dynamic. More advanced topics will then be tackled, such as paths, filter effects, trigonometry, shape packing, flow fields and fractals.It will be a fun journey, easy to follow, peppered with plenty of attractive sketches throughout. The goal will be to visually inspire readers with compelling examples of what¿s possible - rather than bare-bones, make-do illustrations - thereby breathing life into the underlying theoretical concepts.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: Generative art is and its creative processHow to use the gySVG library locally with Node.js or online via CodepenConsolidation of JavaScript fundamentals, using modern ES6+ syntax Creating a variety of SVG shapes generatively Creating iterative variations of sketches by randomizing parametersUsing noise to create organic varianceCreating complex SVG paths generativelyHow to make sketchesinteractiveWHO IS IT FOR: Web developers and designers and creative coders with an interest in digital and generative art as well as artists who are interested in learning to code with JavaScript.