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I'm thrilled to announce my latest book focused on designing web applications. After the success of my last book, The App Design Handbook, I had a lot of people
by nathanbarry 14y ago
I'm thrilled to announce my latest book focused on designing web applications. After the success of my last book, The App Design Handbook, I had a lot of people asking me to write something specific to web applications. I actually started writing the outline for this book back in 2009, but it wasn't until a few months ago that I actually started writing.
Happy to answer any questions about it!
- richaclark 14y agoCongrats. I see this book comes out on December 12th. How were you able to write it so quickly after the last one?
- nathanbarry 14y agoI made a commitment to write 1,000 words per day. So after I finished the first book, I just kept writing. I wrote more about that here: http://nathanbarry.com/commitment-changed-career/ http://nathanbarry.com/commitment-changed-career/
- k3n 14y agoFirst, good job! I hope to add "authored a book" to my resume some day. Question, though: if this book is specifically geared towards web apps, why did you give it such an ambiguous name that mentions nothing at all about web apps? Is your book about architecting applications (on a code level), or is the "design" relating more to the artistic definition of design? Judging by the sample content, it looks to have little-to-nothing to do with actual code, and mostly focused on UI/UX. As-is, the title just seems really inaccurate; "software design", at least for me, is a very specific area which deals exclusively with UML and other code-level architectural concerns.
- nathanbarry 14y agoI guess we are using the same words to mean different things. I'll see if I can come up with a title that is more clear. The book is focused on designing software from a user's perspective. That includes how the application flow works, making sure it is intuitive, and adding a layer of polish with colors, textures, and animations.
- radley 14y agoIsn't the correct term "web apps"? I've never heard anyone refer to them as "software".
- nathanbarry 14y agoI was trying to name it using "Handbook" like my last book, but "The Web Application Design Handbook" was already taken. I would love better ideas!
- radley 14y agoWhy not The Web App Design Handbook? It matches your branding...
- nathanbarry 14y agoThere is already a book with that exact name :(
- k3n 14y ago"Web design" and "web application design" are virtually the same thing, so I might even drop application from it. "The Web Design Handbook" "Web Designs Handbook" "The Handbook of Web Design" Also, you might be able to get away with just giving it a subtitle, which would add context. Maybe include UI, UX, graphic design, usability, etc.
- efmiglioranza 14y agoIndeed. Please, change the name, I'm very interested in the book, but at first I thought it was about software design patterns or something like that.
- nathanbarry 14y agoOkay. I'll work on the name. Any ideas?
- enduser 14y agoDesigning Web Applications
- nathanbarry 14y agoIt seemed to generic at first, but I may just go with it.
- adamnemecek 14y agoStructure and design of web applications.
- marekmroz 14y agoI was actually hoping that it would be a book about software design for web applications. Oh well..
- mnicole 14y agoHi Nathan, perhaps this book isn't for me as a designer as much as it is for developers to ensure everything that needs to be there is there, but the modal popup having the action buttons before the messaging doesn't seem to make any sense from a UX perspective.