Should developers design?
Should developers design?
3:20 - 3:40P
Design: the ultimate developer hack
3:35 - 3:55P
Design engineering – from design to engineer
3:20 - 3:40P
Design: the ultimate developer hack
We get a new idea and we head straight to our editor, coding our little hearts out, eager to see our new feature come to life. But once it’s built and we put it in front of real people, we realize that the button’s not quite in the right place, that form shouldn’t go in that order, the flow doesn’t quite make sense. So we rip out our code and build again, throwing away precious time and work. What if we didn’t do that? What if, instead, we spent a fraction of that time mocking it up, turning that awesome idea into a usable prototype and getting feedback before building? In this session, Saron walks through how design can help us work out our ideas in a fraction of the time that it costs to actually build it, and how, with the help of libraries and Figma plugins, any developer can learn just enough design to save themselves tons of time.
Saron Yitbarek
she/her
Creator at Not A Designer
Saron Yitbarek is a 2x founder, creator of Not A Designer (design newsletter for devs), creator of Big Cash Money (a community of professionals with multiple streams of income), and founder of Disco (a tool for people with multiple revenue streams). She's also a developer and podcaster, and the founder of CodeNewbie (acquired).
3:35 - 3:55P
Design engineering – from design to engineer
The web platform is an incredible thing we all have access to. You’re able to create pretty much anything you want (within reason) by opening a browser. It’s just pixels, am I right? In this session, we explore how to bring your ideas to life with CSS and UI techniques new, old, and from the future!
Jhey Tompkins
he/him
Senior DX Engineer at Vercel
Jhey brings ideas to life with code. He is a highly regarded developer, content creator, and speaker whose work has inspired countless people around the world. With over a decade of experience in tech, Jhey has become a leading voice on topics related to web development and creativity. Jhey has worked with and for names such as Vercel, Google, Nike, OMM, NearForm, Uber, Eurostar, Barclaycard, ATG, O2, and M&C Saatchi. His work has been featured in many publications around the world.
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