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Design Concepts with Code

An Approach for Developers

Apress
  • Simple, clear, strong ideas and illustrations of basic design principles

  • The code is XHTML, XML, SVG, XSLT, XSL-FO, CSS, and scripting languages, all current and needed

  • Longer shelf-life than typical like books, readers can incorporate the design ideas for years

  • Readers come away with what they need to completely implement, the text is not an introduction

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introducing Interface Design

    • Kelly Carey, Stanko Blatnik
    Pages 1-35
  3. Introducing Design Principles

    • Kelly Carey, Stanko Blatnik
    Pages 37-71
  4. Project 1: Building an Open-Source Portal

    • Kelly Carey, Stanko Blatnik
    Pages 73-102
  5. Implementing Design Elements: Line, Type, and Shape

    • Kelly Carey, Stanko Blatnik
    Pages 103-141
  6. Project 2: Building an Online Resource Center

    • Kelly Carey, Stanko Blatnik
    Pages 177-214
  7. Working with Content and Typography

    • Kelly Carey, Stanko Blatnik
    Pages 215-244
  8. Using Color

    • Kelly Carey, Stanko Blatnik
    Pages 245-275
  9. Project 3: Building a Webzine

    • Kelly Carey, Stanko Blatnik
    Pages 277-309
  10. Exploring Site Issues and Accessibility

    • Kelly Carey, Stanko Blatnik
    Pages 311-348
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 349-361

About this book

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.

About the authors

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Design Concepts with Code

  • Book Subtitle: An Approach for Developers

  • Authors: Kelly Carey, Stanko Blatnik

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0790-0

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kelly Carey and Stanko Blatnik 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-59059-111-6Published: 18 November 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-0790-0Published: 01 January 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 384

  • Number of Illustrations: 166 b/w illustrations, 1308 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 29.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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