2022 Guide to UX/UI Design In 45 Minutes for Beginners: A Quick Reference Guide to Intuitive User Experience and User Interface Designs

Over the years, there have been several arguments as regards what UI/UX design stands for in the design profession. The majority of persons do not quite understand these terms; hence, they have confused them to be the same and generally used the terms interchangeably. To some extent, people even ascribe their job descriptions as the same, because of the confusion.
Certainly, some employers do not understand the difference between a UX and UI designer, thus they make mistakes when hiring designers. However, in this book, we have been able to explain the distinction between the two designs, and they are not the same when it comes to making and designing digital products. Nonetheless, a UI designer can also be a UX designer; this however depends on his level of expertise. All these differences, job descriptions, duties, and so forth are discussed in this book, below are some other snippets of what you should expect to see.
What is design?
How is design related to technology?
What you should understand by UI/UX design
Duties as a UX designer
The UI designer’s job description
What are the drawbacks of a mixed UI/UX position?
User persona for UX Design
What are the benefits of creating user personas?
User research for UX design
UX research in the design process
Wireframes in the UX design
UX research to define UX strategy
The significance of a user experience strategy
How do you create a UX strategy?
UX design prototypes
Disadvantages of paper prototypes
Prototyping on the Computer
HTML and JavaScript prototypes
UX research for prototypes
Visual design Principles in UI Design
What is design thinking?
What are the benefits of empathy?
What is anticipation?
What is intuition?
What is playfulness?
What are the benefits of creativity?
What are the benefits of refinement?
Tools for UI Design
Creating wireframe using Axure
Creating wireframe using Balsamiq
Why is expression important?
What is the balance?
Visual Weight Factors
Tension vs. Balance
Four Different Types of Balance
How to create a balance?
About the Golden Ratio
The relationship between the Golden Ratio and Design
How to Improve UI Design Using the Golden Ratio
What is the purpose of discovery?
Discoveries’ Most Common Activities
The End Result or yield of a Discovery
Designing a User Interface
Understanding the hierarchy
How to Create an Effective Visual Hierarchy
What is alignment in UI design?
What is the significance of typography?
Using typeface or fonts
Typography on the web
The basics of typography in the web design
Customizing Your Fonts
Types of type elements
Anatomy of typography
How to choose fonts
Branding process
What is readability in UI design?
What makes a good UI design?
How to get the aspect ratio?
What are design systems?
What is Figma and what does it do?
What are ligatures?
The Importance of Grid
What is a box modal?
What is a flexbox?
What is responsive design?
Tips to Creating the layout
What is fluid?
How to apply Grid
Significance of shadow in the design process
How to use transparency in design
How to use color composition
Microcopy in design
Prototype design in Adobe Photoshop
How to build a persuasive product
How to apply psychological principles to persuade
How to create sitemaps
What is motion?