UX/UI design

Masood Ahmad

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- April 29, 2015 at 8:31 am #75049
  
  Masood Ahmad
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  Hi Everyone,
  
  I don’t know whether this is the right place to inquire something related to the new trend in the industry or not. I’m working with layouts since 1996 and have a good knowledge of multiple applications like InDesign, Quark, CorelDraw, MSOffice etc. Now I would like to switch to UX/UI design. Can someone suggest the best starting line to learn this new thing. Apart from this I also want to learn HTML5, JavaScript etc.
  
  Any ideas…
- April 30, 2015 at 2:05 am #75068
  
  Chris Thompson
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  For an interesting take on interface design, and not just on computers, I can recommend the book “The Design of Everyday Things” by Donald Norman. It’s a bit old, but the underlying principles are very interesting, and applicable to all sorts of design work.
  I find his treatment of doors is funny – if a door requires an instruction manual (i.e. the word “push” or “pull”), then the handles are designed wrong.
  
  Good luck,
  Chris.
- April 30, 2015 at 5:15 am #75071
  
  Masood Ahmad
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  Thanks Chris, I’ll definitely go through it.
  
  Any other ideas by anyone else?
- April 30, 2015 at 11:11 am #75081
  
  Wosven S
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  Hi Massod,
  
  About Javascript, you can learn basics with MOOC : https://www.codecademy.com
  site : https://eloquentjavascript.net/ (explanations and exercices)
  and books.
  My favorites ones :
  – Data Structures and Algorithms with JavaScript by Michael McMillan (thos one contains exercices)
  – Speaking JavaScript by Axel Rauschmayer (sort of my dictionnary about javascript)
  
  Depending of what you need next, you’ll search more appropriate books/sites.
  
  Scripting for inDesign is a good start.
  
  About HTML5, nothing but…
  when I needed to lern more about HTML4 and CSS2 I read the specs/documentation, it was the best way to know what is possible to do or not… and useful.
  It’s the geeky way to do it :P
  
  https://www.w3schools.com/ can help with tutorials and informations too.
  
  I hope it can be helpful!
- May 1, 2015 at 5:17 am #75103
  
  Masood Ahmad
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  Hi Wosven,
  
  Thanks for your suggestions. I’ll check these out.
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