Developer to Designer: GUI Design for the Busy Developer

In a fantasy world, you design and build the core of your application, the partsthat do all the heavy lifting. And the graphical user interface? Well,that’s the domain of the hot–shot sitting one cube over, who went to schoolto learn how to give users sensible and effective control over the functionalityyou construct.
In the real world, there is no hot–shot sitting one cubeover, and you have to build the GUI yourself.
Developer to Designer:GUI Design for the Busy Developer is a unique resource designed to help youand other experienced developers build GUIs for your programs that are simple tolearn, easy to use, and painless to maintain, even though you’re not userinterface experts. Inside, the focus is on the essentials of Windows and web GUIdesign: simple ideas that require modest programming effort but provide enormouspayoffs in terms of user success and satisfaction. You’ll learn allabout:
Arranging text and controls in a sensibleorderUnderstanding and making the most of the behavior ofwindowsImproving the effectiveness of dialog boxesUsing advancedcontrols such as TreeViews, ListViews, and tabs Designing menus andtoolbarsProviding users with sensible customizationoptionsUnderstanding how the rules change when designing for theWebHandling page layout and navigation on the WebAnticipating changesin the next version of Windows
Throughout, author Mike Gunderloy isdoggedly realistic. Like in his previous book, Coder toDeveloper: Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software, Mikedescribes how things actually work and prescribes ways for you to achievemeaningful results without staging a revolution. This is hard–won, practicalknowledge from a veteran developer whose advice, examples, and overall visionwill change the way you think and work.


Spis treści:

Introduction.
Chapter 1: The Big Picture.
Chapter 2: Putt ing Words on the Screen.
Chapter 3: Managing Windows.
Chapter 4: Command Buttons.
Chapter 5: Using Text Input Controls.
Chapter 6: The Other Controls.
Chapter 7: Dialog Boxes.
Chapter 8: Common Windows User Interface Elements.
Chapter 9: User Input and Navigation.
Chapter 10: Common Interaction Patterns.
Chapter 11: User Choice, Customization, and Confusion.
Chapter 12: The Web Is Not Windows.
Chapter 13: Building a Web Page.
Chapter 14: Common Web Design Patterns.
Chapter 15: Common Web Interaction Patterns.
Appendix: Looking Forward to the Next Generation: Designing User Interfaces for Avalon.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Mike Gunderloy is an independent consultant who has worked with Microsoft data access and web technologies for more than a decade. He is the author of the best–selling Coder to Developer: Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software, the popular Access 2002 Developer’s Handbook series, and ADO and ADO. NET Programming, and he is co–author of .NET Programming 10–Minute Solutions, Mastering Visual C# .NET, Mastering SQL Server 2000, and .NET E– Commerce Programming, all from Sybex.

Okładka tylna:
In a fantasy world, you design and build the core of your application, the partsthat do all the heavy lifting. And the graphical user interface? Well,that’s the domain of the hot–shot sitting one cube over, who went to schoolto learn how to give users sensible and effective control over the functionalityyou construct.
In the real world, there is no hot–shot sitting one cubeover, and you have to build the GUI yourself.
Developer to Designer:GUI Design for the Busy Developer is a unique resource designed to help youand other experienced developers build GUIs for your programs that are simple tolearn, easy to use, and painless to maintain, even though you’re not userinterface experts. Inside, the focus is on the essentials of Windows and web GUIdesign: simple ideas that require modest programming effort but provide enormouspayoffs in terms of user success and satisfaction. You’ll learn allabout:
Arranging text and controls in a sensibleorderUnderstanding and making the most of the behavior ofwindowsImproving the effectiveness of dialog boxesUsing advancedcontrols such as TreeViews, ListViews, and tabs Designing menus andtoolbarsProviding users with sensible customizationoptionsUnderstanding how the rules change when designing for theWebHandling page layout and navigation on the WebAnticipating changesin the next version of Windows
Throughout, author Mike Gunderloy isdoggedly realistic. Like in his previous book, Coder toDeveloper: Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software, Mikedescribes how things actually work and prescribes ways for you to achievemeaningful results without staging a revolution. This is hard–won, practicalknowledge from a veteran developer whose advice, examples, and overall visionwill change the way you think and work.