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Thinking like a developer for designers
9.7
(3 ratings)
2 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Level up your technical literacy to become a better communicator, collaborator, and designer without learning to code.
Thinking like a developer for designers
9.7
(3 ratings)
2 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Level up your technical literacy to become a better communicator, collaborator, and designer without learning to code.
Hosted by
Nick Basile
Product designer & developer | 10+ years crafting digital products
Course overview
Skip learning to code, enjoy the benefits of technical literacy instead.
Learning to code takes months/years of sustained effort, bootcamps & courses that accelerate this process cost $$$, and the time we spend here is time not spent improving our core design skills.
Now, it's clear why we still do it – understanding technology helps us communicate & collaborate with developers, which is essential because our designs are always at least one degree removed from end users.
Think about it – no matter how user-friendly or documented or beautiful our designs are, they're ultimately implemented by a developer before they reach a user. So, our ability to improve a user experience is directly throttled by our communications & interactions with developers.
Clearly, there's tremendous ROI from getting better at technology, but we don't have to waste our efforts learning skills and syntax we'll never use. Instead, we can get the majority of the benefits by just understanding the technology behind the products we design, i.e. developing our technical literacy.
If you're ready to level up your technical literacy, we'd love to see you in class 👋
This course is for you if...
01
You want developers to implement your designs as you intended.
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You want to understand and participate in technical discussions.
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You want to improve your digital design skills and create practical solutions.
What will we be doing?
Developing our technical vocabularies
Deep diving technical concepts
Building useful mental models for how tech works
Exploring tools & techniques for better collaboration
Thinking like a developer for designers
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The power of technical literacy for designers
Looking for a taste of what we'll cover in the course? Well, look no further – you've found it.
In this jam-packed video, Nick & Ridd take a sneak peek at what we'll cover in “Thinking like a developer for designers” including...
- what technical literacy is,
- why it's so important for designers,
- a real-world example of how to think about data needs,
- and more!
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Course schedule
2-4 hours per week
Orientation
Monday, 12-1p Central
Meet Nick, get the lay of the land, make some new friends – it's going to be a blast.
Self-paced Lessons
1-2 hours per week
Learn at your preferred pace with our video lessons.
Stretch Exercises
Whenever you'd like
Life's busy enough, so we're not going to give you a mountain of homework. Instead, practice on your own terms with our stretch exercises.
Tech Support Q&As
Fridays, 12-1p Central
Get answers to your burning questions, feedback on work in progress, and maybe even some help with that spotty internet.
Who's teaching this course?
Nick Basile
Product designer & developer
After a decade of crafting digital products as a product designer & developer, I now run a digital agency, called Markham Square, where I bridge the gap between these disciplines.
But, it took a long time for me to get here. I started as a designer who struggled to understand the technical side of things. To level up my understanding, I spent years and thousands of dollars learning to code.
Along the way, I realized that designers don't need to spend all of this effort to learn to code. Instead, we just need a solid foundation in technical literacy.
I've packaged up all of my learnings into this course so you can avoid these costs and get right to the good stuff.
See you in class!
Nick