It seems like a reasonable idea: Designers and developers
must work together. But too often, these people work in isolation while working
on the same project. designers work to create elements and color palettes and
typography looks great, while the developer to prepare codes and materials for
web publishing. And this can lead to disputes between designers and web
developers and at the end of the design itself. If designers and developers
work together on a project from start to finish, the result is a more cohesive
web project with great aesthetics, between the user and clean code. There is a
bit of work and rework during the collaborative process, is expected to produce
a project that can be completed in a short time.
A typical web design using graphic design software such as
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create any web site and similar elements.
This aesthetic is coded using HTML, Javascript, jQuery, CSS and other
programming languages by web developers to make it all work on the web.
While designers and developers often work in the room or
even separate countries, each of them requires more skill to create a complete
website. So they must work together.
Simple, the biggest reason why designers and developers must
work together is to create a web project that is more complete. Featuring the
expertise of the interaction, the project will be better when designers and
developers to collaborate. (And it's almost impossible to not do today.)
While we are talking about designers and developers work
together, do not forget to invite them to a group of interaction designers as
well.
Collaboration many other benefits:
The existence of many eyes to see everything better and find
flaws or mistakes
more exchange of ideas and design
the wealth of experience that is more complete, because
designers can understand whether the developers are able to create
A more cohesive finished product, in which all the parts
look like they belong in accordance with the aesthetics and interaction
You will learn something about how the design / development
Combining ideas for a more rounded vision of the project is
supposed
Fertilize focus on the mission and goals of the project
design
Cons of Working Together
Although I would like to say there are no cons to work
together, it will sound naive.
Not many disadvantages for collaboration. But there are two
things to consider:
Things You Can Do
There are some costs associated with having people get
together at the same time, especially if the workers are not usually in the
same location. Use tools to teleconference and share them online to communicate
when you can not make everyone in the same room at the same time.
Sometimes people will agree or will not get along. But we're
all grown up, right? We can work through it
5 Tips for Designers
Explaining the theory in a simple design to help developers
understand where aesthetics come.
Interactive elements to consider when you design, and how
they will work. Ensure that all parts are designed for each stage of
interactivity.
Detailed design. Do not expect developers replicate and edit
each section. Creating elements for each state and set it up.
Ask for assistance throughout the project. If you are unsure
whether a particular font will work on a web site, then ask.
Provide design elements in a file format that can be used
and the appropriate resolution and size for use on the web.
5 Tips for Developers
Learn about the design. Knowing a bit of the theory in terms
of color and type and language even further.
Be honest about what you can and can not do. If a designer
intervened in translating the web, say something sooner rather than later.
Always ready to answer questions and help during the design
process.
Involved in the process from the beginning. Help brainstorm
design ideas that can work with UX.
Maintaining the integrity of the design - even the parts you
do not like or approved - in the development process. You will only make it
into the enemy by changing the visual things without the
"development" purposes.
One of the biggest pieces of advice to designers and
developers are not all that new, but still relevant. The "Manifesto for
Agile Software Development" highlights four principles that all web
designers, web developers and interaction designers must coexist.
Individuals and interact during the process and equipment
working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
To help bridge the gap between designers and developers and
to work better in concert, these two types of web professionals need to speak
with the other language. Designers and developers have started to expand their
expertise.
Every designer and developer should have a basic
understanding and knowledge of:
design principles, such as color, space and typography
image formats and sizes optimal
a basic understanding of HTML and CSS
The use of web fonts
Trends in design and development
Understanding users' wants and needs
Grid, framework and wireframeing
Conclusion
the real question starts to become less about why designers
and developers must work together, but how much better they understand the work
and other tasks. In the end the two jobs have a single goal: To create a
website is phenomenal.
One thing that we really have to start thinking about
designing development. Because the reality is that all development is the
design and development of web design is. You can not have one without the
other, and web design becomes more complex it would be more correct. So maybe
what we need is a new job description or title which shows that web designers
and developers related.
Here's my suggestion: Why do not we see this collectively as
a web developer designer? What are you thinking? Share ideas and potential job
title with us in the comments.
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