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Show HN: The App Design Handbook
- nathanbarry 14y agoIf you have any questions about designing iOS applications or about the book I'd be happy to answer them!
- matthewj 14y agoLooks great! What do the videos cover?
- nathanbarry 14y agoThey are video tutorials of the case studies. So they cover designing an app and a login form in Photoshop, then implementing those designs using Interface Builder and Xcode. About 2.5+ hours of video.
- farslan 14y agoI have prior experience in Programming (C,C++,Objective-C,etc..). The programming part is easy for me. However at the design part i barely know anything. For example I can made a shadow for a image, but it takes me hours digging trough lots of Photoshop tutorials. %80 of my time goes to the design part, and this is to much in comparing to programming. Is this book suitable for me?
- nathanbarry 14y agoYes, In the book itself I talk a lot about best practices and iOS design principles, but don't cover a lot of specific code. In the resources I include video tutorials of actually designing and implementing the case studies. I think you will really like it.
- richaclark 14y agoPurchased. I've really appreciated all the iOS tips and design resources on your blog!
- nathanbarry 14y agoThanks! I hope people learn a lot from them. I've learned so much from everyone's web design and dev blogs over the years that I really feel the need to share what I've learned.
- aqrashik 14y agoI noticed that in the sample chapter you mention that subtlepatterns.com does not require a credit link (although appreciated) This no longer seems to be the case, and the site now mentions only CC-BY-SA 3.0 (with no mention of not requiring attribution)
- nathanbarry 14y agoYou are right. The license is clear, but the FAQ page doesn't mention the credit link requirement. I'll email them and see what they prefer. Sometimes it is hard to give credit in iOS apps.
- ryandelk 14y agoAwesome!
- pjbeardsley 14y agoNice. I think there are a lot of programmery types out there who would like to improve their UI/Photoshop skills. I'll definitely check this out. If I could offer one piece of constructive criticism: It would be nice to see some examples of things you've built. That's the #1 thing I look for. I realize this can be problematic when working for someone else.
- nathanbarry 14y agoThat makes sense. Here are two of my iOS apps: http://onevoiceapp.com http://onevoiceapp.com http://thinklegend.com/commit http://thinklegend.com/commit More of my design work is here: http://thinklegend.com/design http://thinklegend.com/design I appreciate the feedback!
- tedmiston 14y agoWas hoping to get an extra inside peek for HNers to differentiate this from a post strictly to promote a book release.
- nathanbarry 14y agoHave you seen the preview chapter? That may be what you are looking for: http://nathanbarry.com/app-design-handbook http://nathanbarry.com/app-design-handbook I'll try to include more useful information later.
- chrisdroukas 14y agoThat was a very easy link to miss (even though you can click the image of the book as well to display the sample PDF) — maybe consider elevating the download text?
- nathanbarry 14y agoOops. I pasted in the wrong link. I meant to give you the direct link to the preview: http://nathanbarry.com/wp-content/uploads/The-App-Design-Handbook-Sample-Chapter.pdf http://nathanbarry.com/wp-content/uploads/The-App-Design-Han... Didn't mean to be a jerk and give you a link to the exact same page. Sorry!