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by paulftw
2749 days ago
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IMO you need to start loving UI/UX to get anywhere. It’s actually interesting and with modern frameworks is not too hard for a decent programmer to pick up. Getting out of your comfort zone and learning new paradigms, solving new class of coding challenges etc will also make you a better backend engineer. Think of it as a good investment. Second step - twitter bootstrap and admin templates for it are the little known secret of fast and cheap and good looking UI.
Good templates are under $50, recently some nice ones started popping up on github under open source licenses. One aspect that is hard for me and probably requires another half of the brain is making it “pretty” (or graphic design).
Good news is there are tons of UI freebies, UI kits, free app templates shared on behance and dribble. Basically it’s pretty app designs created by people who don’t have skills to convert them into code. So they give that stuff away for free.
Taking one of those goodies and using for your side project will make your project stand out without dropping a cent on professional designers.
I always recommend freebies designs for MVP even when it’s more than a side project. |
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