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Why having a basic understanding of design is important and how we, developers, can leverage design skills.
How often as a developer, when you ask about a design for new functionality, you hear, “Just make it look good”. Perhaps you were working directly with a client saying, “We don't need a design, we know what we want, we can jump straight to implementa...
As with every topic, to truly understand it, the best way is to start with the basics. There's no single, unified list of designed principles, although the lists that do exist have at least some elements in common. This is the second article out of 4...
Once we have a basic understanding of design principles, it's key to use the right tools and reference the right resources to get the best results in an efficient way. Similar to having a proper development workflow, having the right design inventory...
You now understand the importance of paying attention to design. You are familiar with design principles. You have set up tools that help you design or perhaps you even played with them a bit already. Now the question is how do you get better and wha...
