User Experience (UX) is not just the designer's responsibility

User Experience (UX) is not just the designer's responsibility

How many times have we used an app (on the web or mobile) and thought to ourselves, "Why in the world would someone have designed it this way?". That's plenty of times for me and here I talk about one of those experiences.

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(Part 1/2) GitHub Codespaces: What is it, and how can we use it?

(Part 1/2) GitHub Codespaces: What is it, and how can we use it?

(Part 1/2) A little bit about GitHub Codespaces. #snowpal #projectmanagement Keep it simple. Keep it on https://snowpal.com.

21 Heinä 202210min

Implement menus: How hard can it possibly be?

Implement menus: How hard can it possibly be?

Say someone asked you to implement a "tiny" feature on an iPhone Mail App.Here's the (first part of the) requirement as Business provided it (to the dev team):- User can swipe right to left and when they do, 2 menu options should appear.- When you click on one of them, it should allow you to forward the email and when you click the other, it should archive it.Sounds simple enough?It should be simple till you get to the "the devil is in the detail" part. So, before I implement it, here are some questions I would have as a developer:- Can the user only swipe from right to left, or can they do vice-versa? And if they did that, what should happen?- If the user starts swiping but doesn't complete the action till they dragged it all the way to the very left, what should happen?- If the user swiped & performed an action but realized they were on the wrong item so wanted to undo, will they be able to do it? And if so, how?- Can they perform bulk actions? If so, is that a mutually exclusive action agnostic to the individual swipe?- After they swipe on one of the emails, say if they swiped on another. Will the subsequent action need to reset the state so the first one is now un-swiped?- Do we need to support multiple email accounts where each of them is rendered as a separate category? And if we did that, what should happen when a user swipes on one of the emails in each of those sections? Will that result in a reset of all states (of all other sections)?- And there's a few more I can think of off the top of my head but you get the idea.So, now, let me ask again:How simple is the design and implementation now? Did you have a change of heart and will you need to adjust your story points?"How hard can it possibly be?" :)#snowpal #projectmanagementKeep it simple. Keep it on https://snowpal.com. And just so that you can keep it simple, we do everything in our capacity to remove all the complexities. Rome was not built in a day as they say, and Snowpal 2.0 certainly wasn't either. We have built it brick by brick for your pleasure. Or, should I say, "swipe by swipe"? :)

21 Heinä 20227min

(Part 3/3) Thinking about building a new App? Not sure how to go about it?

(Part 3/3) Thinking about building a new App? Not sure how to go about it?

(Part 3/3) If you are thinking about building your first App (or a second one, or an Nth one), Congratulations! If you are overwhelmed and a bit unsure, that's completely normal. I share a few tips here that will hopefully help you get started if you are new to this! #projectmanagement #snowpal Build your first App! Manage it on https://snowpal.com.

30 Kesä 20226min

(Part 2/3) Thinking about building a new App? Not sure how to go about it?

(Part 2/3) Thinking about building a new App? Not sure how to go about it?

(Part 2/3) If you are thinking about building your first App (or a second one, or an Nth one), Congratulations! If you are overwhelmed and a bit unsure, that's completely normal. I share a few tips here that will hopefully help you get started if you are new to this! #projectmanagement #snowpal Build your first App! Manage it on https://snowpal.com.

30 Kesä 20227min

(Part 1/3) Thinking about building a new App? Not sure how to go about it?

(Part 1/3) Thinking about building a new App? Not sure how to go about it?

(Part 1/3) If you are thinking about building your first App (or a second one, or an Nth one), Congratulations! If you are overwhelmed and a bit unsure, that's completely normal. I share a few tips here that will hopefully help you get started if you are new to this! #projectmanagement #snowpal Build your first App! Manage it on https://snowpal.com.

30 Kesä 20227min

(Part 2/2) Design Strategies: Mobile First vs API First vs Web First (vs Database First!)

(Part 2/2) Design Strategies: Mobile First vs API First vs Web First (vs Database First!)

(Part 2/2) What is a Mobile First Strategy? How different is it from an API First Strategy? Are there other alternatives? What's the best way to go? #projectmanagement #snowpal Mobile First, or API First? Plan it on https://snowpal.com.

30 Kesä 20225min

(Part 1/2) Design Strategies: Mobile First vs API First vs Web First (vs Database First!)

(Part 1/2) Design Strategies: Mobile First vs API First vs Web First (vs Database First!)

(Part 1/2) What is a Mobile First Strategy? How different is it from an API First Strategy? Are there other alternatives? What's the best way to go? #projectmanagement #snowpal Mobile First, or API First? Plan it on https://snowpal.com.

30 Kesä 20228min

Learn with us. Learn from us.

Learn with us. Learn from us.

I am happy to announce that we've launched our Snowpal Education product that will serve as a (paid) extension to this podcast. Check it out. Subcribe! #learn #softwaredevelopment Learn on https://learn.snowpal.com. Video Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/web-and-mobile-app-development-learn-from-us-learn-with-us/id1508072889

6 Touko 20226min