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文件名称：The Web Designer’s Roadmap
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This book comprises the following seven chapters.
Chapter 1: Beauty, Creativity, and Inspiration
By way of an introduction, I’ll explain the book’s broader concepts and establish the general
terminology we’ll be using. The book’s ongoing project, Spectrumagic, is presented, where I’ll
set expectations about what you’ll be learning. We’ll also look at the relevance of the study of
aesthetics, creative processes, and where to find inspiration.
Chapter 2: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over: A Bit of Design History
Here, I’ll present a brief history of design and show how the design process has changed over
the years. In particular, I’ll focus on the Modernist and Postmodernist eras to provide a context
for the chapters that follow, as well as lay the groundwork for common design patterns.
Chapter 3: Gathering Resources: That Rucksack Has a Lot of Pockets
This chapter covers some practical lessons when deciding on the look of your design. It will
include the discovery process, which involves learning from other disciplines, and resource
gathering, which encompasses mood boards, color palettes, and storyboards.
Chapter 4: Form and Function
Now we’ll learn about assessing the structural and technical needs of a website and its design.
We’ll look at the design’s purpose, and how to best communicate interaction and hierarchy.
Areas covered are designing for multiple form factors including mobile sites, responsive design,
wireframes, strategy, and content grayboxing.
Chapter 5: Design Patterns: Tried and Trusted Solutions
Programming design patterns are proven solutions to problems that arise while developing applications.
Web design also has its share of issues. In this chapter, we’ll look at the most common
design patterns, and possible use cases for when and how they should be implemented.
Chapter 6: Conceptual Design and Our Color Project
First, we’ll address conceptual design and how we arrive at a theme that informs the design
process. We’ll look at a real-life example and cover topics such as designing the interface, art
direction, and creative association. Then, we’ll delve into our Spectrumagic project, implementing
what we’ve learned. Along the way, we’ll introduce the modern marvel that is style tiles
and the notion of intuitive design.
Chapter 7: Designing in the Wild
Understanding the limitations of web-based technologies and how to overcome them is a necessary
part of implementing designs. Often, a little knowledge ahead of time can help to shape a
design and make front-end development easier. We’ll also examine progressive enhancement
and look at some fancy tools and apps that should make your designing life easier