User-Centered Design: A Developer's Guide to Building User-Friendly Applications

Description: User-Centered Design by Travis Lowdermilk With practical guidelines and insights from his own experience, author Travis Lowdermilk shows you how usability and user-centered design will dramatically change the way people interact with your application. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description How do you design engaging applications that people love to use? This book shows you ways to include valuable input from potential clients and customers throughout the process. With practical guidelines and insights from his own experience, author Travis Lowdermilk shows you how usability and user-centered design will dramatically change the way your application interacts with people. Youll learn valuable strategies for conducting each stage of the design process, from interviewing likely users and discovering your applications purpose to creating a rich user experience with sound design principles. User-Centered Design is invaluable no matter what platform you use or audience you target. Explore usability and how it relates to user-centered design Learn how to deal with users and their unique personalities Clarify your applications purpose, using a simple narrative to describe its use Plan your projects development with a software development life cycle Be creative within the context of your user experience goals Use visibility, consistency, and other design principles to enhance user experience Gain user feedback of your prototype with surveys, interviews, and usability studies Author Biography Travis Lowdermilk has been developing custom software experiences for over 15 years in industries ranging from architecture, business, and health care. Currently, he works for a community hospital in central California. At the hospital, he creates line of business applications for clinical, financial, and performance improvement. Predominantly using Microsoft frameworks, Travis creates solutions that employ a wide range of technologies such as: web, mobile, touch, and voice. Travis is a certified ASP.NET developer and has a Bachelors degree in Business Administration - emphasizing in Information Systems. Hes currently enrolled in the Masters program at DePaul Universitys College of Digital Media. The focus of his study is Human-Computer Interaction and User-Centered Design. Travis is the co-host of The Windows Developer Show - a weekly Internet broadcast for Microsoft developers, designers, and enthusiasts. . In his off time (which doesnt exist), Travis enjoys reading, playing guitar, drawing, listening to music, and spending time with his family and friends. Table of Contents Dedication Preface Chapter 1: Our World Has Changed Chapter 2: What Is User-Centered Design? Chapter 3: Working with Users Chapter 4: Having a Plan Chapter 5: Creating a Personal Manifesto Chapter 6: Creativity and User Experience Chapter 7: Design Principles Chapter 8: Gathering Feedback Chapter 9: Usability Studies Chapter 10: Youre Never Finished Chapter 11: Other Resources Sample Project Template References Colophon Long Description How do you design engaging applications that people love to use? This book shows you ways to include valuable input from potential clients and customers throughout the process. With practical guidelines and insights from his own experience, author Travis Lowdermilk shows you how usability and user-centered design will dramatically change the way your application interacts with people. Youll learn valuable strategies for conducting each stage of the design process, from interviewing likely users and discovering your applications purpose to creating a rich user experience with sound design principles. User-Centered Design is invaluable no matter what platform you use or audience you target. Explore usability and how it relates to user-centered design Learn how to deal with users and their unique personalities Clarify your applications purpose, using a simple narrative to describe its use Plan your projects development with a software development life cycle Be creative within the context of your user experience goals Use visibility, consistency, and other design principles to enhance user experience Gain user feedback of your prototype with surveys, interviews, and usability studies Details ISBN1449359809 Author Travis Lowdermilk Pages 100 Language English Year 2013 ISBN-10 1449359809 ISBN-13 9781449359805 Format Paperback Media Book Short Title USER CENTERED DESIGN Illustrations Yes Subtitle A Developers Guide to Building User-Friendly Applications Place of Publication Sebastopol Country of Publication United States Imprint OReilly Media AU Release Date 2013-04-30 NZ Release Date 2013-04-30 UK Release Date 2013-04-30 Publisher OReilly Media DEWEY 004.21 Audience Professional & Vocational Publication Date 2013-05-14 US Release Date 2013-05-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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