Essentials of Adobe XD

Want to learn how to use Adobe XD in your workflow? I will be giving an online training course through UXPA on August 1 and August 8, 2018. This workshop will first introduce you to its design tools, once we have our design in place, we will use its built-in prototyping features to create an interactive demonstration of our design. We will go further by showing how we can share our concepts with teammates, clients or even conduct user tests. Finally, the workshop will teach you how to take your project and export the content to the development team, as well as create a design spec.

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Price: Students: $70; UXPA International Members: $280; Non-members: $500

Course outline

Session 1	Session 2
Welcome and set up check What is XD? Overview of the UI menus tools property panel UI kits Creating Artboards Working with vectors Working with text Working with bitmaps Understanding layers Using symbols Exploring the assets panel Using the repeat grid Working with other programs Using CC libraries Exercise: create a simple five screen design.	Prototyping Creating interaction flow Adjusting transitions Previewing the prototype Recording a walkthrough Previewing on Device Sharing a prototype Reviewer comments Manage links Exporting assets Creating a design spec Using Zeplin with Adobe XD Wrap up

Intro to Electron|Build Amazing Desktop Apps

Recently I gave a presentation on Electron to the JavascriptLA user group. I had a great time show what Electron can do. The presentation was recorded and you can watch it here.

SoCalCodeCamp Presentations

I was scheduled to give three talks at this weekend’s SoCalCodeCamp. Unfortunately, I have to fly to Toronto to attend a dear friend’s funeral.

Here are the presentations I had planned to give.

Intro to the Ionic Framework

Real World Ionic Development

Electron: Beginner to Pro

 

ngHouston: Ionic Talk

The ngHouston Angular Group is live streaming my presentation on Ionic. I am going to be talking about building PWAs with Ionic, testing with Ionic Native mocks and showcasing a brand new tool for Ionic developers. Hope to see you there: https://www.meetup.com/ngHouston/events/243207040/

Thursday, September 28, 2017

6:30 PM (CDT)

Speaking on Adobe XD!

I am honored to be speaking on Adobe XD at this year’s Big Design Conference in Addison, Texas in September. With my long history of user experience prototyping, Adobe XD is a welcomed addition to my arsenal of tools. Here is the description of the talk:

Go from idea to prototype faster with Adobe Experience Design CC (Beta), the first all-in-one cross-platform tool for designing and prototyping websites and mobile apps. In this session, Chris Griffith will show you how to design and prototype a complete experience using the new Adobe XD app. Learn tips and tricks to immediately be more productive creating a great user experience. He will introduce you to the capabilities of this rapid prototyping tool from its repeat grid to the built-in UI kits. He then will go further and show you how to share your work, gain feedback and even view it on your mobile device.

For more information on the event, visit: http://bigdesignevents.com/

SoCal Code Camp is coming!!

I am happy to announce I will be presenting on the Ionic Framework at this year’s SoCal Code Camp! The event is free and is being held at the University of California, San Diego campus on June 24th. I will have my book to give away as well.

For more details on the event, or to register (or present!), visit http://www.socalcodecamp.com/

What is the Ionic Framework?

I am giving a presentation at the next San Diego JS Monthly Meeting, May 2 @ 7:30 pm. If you have ever been curious about what Ionic is and how it works, this talk is for you.

What is the Ionic Framework? The Ionic Framework combines Google’s Angular with Apache’s Cordova to create fast and beautiful cross-platform mobile apps for iOS and Android (and Electron or Progressive Web Apps). Built atop the web technologies you know and love, this solution can help take your web skills beyond the browser.

In this talk, I will give you an overview of the Ionic Framework, show how to install it, and finally build a quick app and deploy it to both iOS and Android using some of the additional Ionic.io services.

Hope to see you there!