WordCamp Europe 2014 notes - 1.7: Interactive prototyping


I’m at WordCamp Europe in Sofia - taking rough notes on some of the talks

Karin Christen http://2014.europe.wordcamp.org/session/karin-christen/

sketchnotes by @studionetting

Awesome sketchnotes by @studionetting

  • Used dynamic style guide - one page in the prototype
  • Started in the browser right from the beginning - speed benefits but also:
    • responsiveness from the beginning
    • easy reference for the existing styles
    • visual specification - communication tool
  • Prototypes = a basis for a specification for user testing
  • php doesn’t work for dynamic prototypes - just html/css
  • Made a prototype Generator (in js?)
    • Installs quickly
    • Dynamic content without php (how??)
    • Benefit: less noise from php
  • http://vuejs.org/
    • Adds attributes which can be added to markup which can e.g. optionally show and hide elements based on url query params
  • Closing comment: “The modern prototype is a living playground, not a project milestone”

  • Audience question - if you’re using wp - why don’t you just jump into wp? Why go to the effort of generating content in JS?
    • Answer: the project example was for a complex back-end which didn’t exist yet. With WP their process is slightly different: start off designing in the browser (test there?), then port over to WP (once it’s validated?)
  • My question - how do you deal with responsive elements when you don’t know what the context will be: media queries only work with the whole size of the page.
    • Answer: we design in context