Design Concepts with Code An Approach for Developers

This book is all about getting developers to realize good, solid interface design for their products by considering a reasonable set of design axioms. Design Concepts with Code: An Approach for Developers shows how you can create design through code by using technologies such as SVG, XHTML, XML, XSLT, and XSL-FO. It explores how, by using some simple scripting, you don't even need to touch applications like Adobe Photoshop.

This book offers clear and concise design concepts, examples, and projects that will strengthen your proficiency with design in a short period of time. You'll learn that you can capture the critical design requirements of a project through conversations with clients and users. As a developer, you can follow these simple guidelines to improve how your product communicates with its target audience.

1 Introducing Interface Design.- 2 Introducing Design Principles.- 3 Project 1: Building an Open-Source Portal.- 4 Implementing Design Elements: Line, Type, and Shape.- 5 Implementing Design Elements: Texture, Space, Size, Value, and Layout.- 6 Project 2: Building an Online Resource Center.- 7 Working with Content and Typography.- 8 Using Color.- 9 Project 3: Building a Webzine.- 10 Exploring Site Issues and Accessibility.

Stanko Blatnik teaches online courses for the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina on XML technologies, SVG, and process control. He also directs a nonprofit institute in Velenje, Slovenia: the Institute for Symbolic Analysis and Development of Information Technologies. In addition, Stanko writes about topics such as Balkan and European beaurocracy, patents and new technologies, and the hydrogen economy for journals in Slovenia. A physicist by trade, Stanko spent 15 years teaching and administering at the University of Tuzla, in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina.