{"product_id":"the-joy-of-ux-user-experience-and-interactive-design-for-developers-usability-9780134276717","title":"The Joy of UX: User Experience and Interactive Design for Developers (Usability)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor years now  Ive been running around preaching to anyone wholl listen that UX is something that everybody (not just UX people) needs to be doing. Dave has done an excellent job of explaining what developers need to know about UX  in a complete but compact  easy-to-absorb  and implementable form. Developers  come and get it! Steve Krug  author of Dont Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability  Master User Experience and Interaction Design from the Developers Perspective  For modern developers  UX expertise is indispensable: Without outstanding user experience  your software will fail. Now  David Platt has written the first and only comprehensive developers guide to achieving a world-class user experience.  Quality user experience isnt hard  but it does require developers to think in new ways. The Joy of UX shows you how  with plenty of concrete examples. Firmly grounded in reality  this guide will help you optimize usability and engagement while also coping with difficult technical  schedule  and budget constraints.  Platts technology-agnostic approach illuminates all the principles  techniques  and best practices you need to build great user experiences for the web  mobile devices  and desktop environments. He covers the entire process  from user personas and stories through wireframes  layouts  and execution. He also addresses key issuessuch as telemetry and securitythat many other UX guides ignore. Youll find all the resources and artifacts you need: complete case studies  sample design documents  testing plans  and more.  This guide shows you how to Recognize and avoid pitfalls that lead to poor user experiences Learn the crucial difference between design and mere decoration Put yourself in your users shoesunderstand what they want (and where  when  and why) Quickly sketch and prototype user interfaces for easy refinement Test your sketches on real users or appropriate surrogates Integrate telemetry to capture the best possible usage information Use analytics to accurately interpret the data youve captured Solve unique experience problems presented by mobile environments Secure your app without compromising usability any more than necessary Polish your UX to eliminate user effort everywhere you can  Register your product at informit.com\/register for convenient access to downloads  updates  and corrections as they become available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67977395994677,"sku":"ByrdShop_013427671X","price":62.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780134276717.jpg?v=1794661548","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-joy-of-ux-user-experience-and-interactive-design-for-developers-usability-9780134276717","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}