Re:What to do if you are a good developer but no designer?
by ocskills on Friday May 30, 2008 @09:43AM
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I'm actually a developer and I have to strongly disagree with this comment. The same gap exists (http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/HighNotes.html) between good designers and mediocre. In my experience, great designers are far from a commodity. I also agree with the other poster who said "Think Google not Microsoft". That's great advice - with a little practice even a programmer can produce decent designs if they keep things simple and don't try to get fancy.
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Re:What to do if you are a good developer but no designer?
by josefresco on Friday May 30, 2008 @09:55AM
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"with a little practice even a programmer can produce decent designs if they keep things simple and don't try to get fancy"
Yes given time a designer can program an entire software program by keeping things simple and not getting fancy. I'm a designer and have programmed a good deal, however like designs from my programmer, you'd laugh at what I've coded.
Re:What to do if you are a good developer but no designer?
by ocskills on Friday May 30, 2008 @10:38AM
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Agreed on all sides. The gap between decent and really good designers is huge and great designers are no more a commodity than great programmers. If the author can find a great designer to work with I'd strongly recommend he does. If not, and he's doing it himself, he needs to keep things simple if he's going to produce passable designs.