Post on 10-Jul-2015
GETTING STARTED
WITH AXURE
WIDGET LIBRARIES
Jayne Spottswood
November 20, 2014
Jayne.spottswood
www.linkedin.com/in/jaynespottswo@gmail.como
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WELCOME!
Who am I?
• UX professional
• DePaul HCI grad
• UX Sears blogger:
http://ux.sears.com/author/jayne-
spottswood/
• Former social media/PR
professional
• Passionate about digital
experiences, and helping others
use them
• Lover of all things silly. And cats.
PARKING LOT
YEAR 2 B.A. (BEFORE AXURE)
YEAR 1 U.A. (USING AXURE)
Allotted time to make wires: 3 months
YEAR 2 U.A. (USING AXURE)
Allotted time to make wires: 4 months
YEAR 3 U.A. (USING AXURE)
Allotted time to make wires: 1 DAY
DEUS EX WIDGET LIBRARY
WHAT HAVE I LEARNED?
EVERYTHING’S FASTER WITH A
WIDGET LIBRARY (A DEMO)
BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO
MAKE ONE
Ready-made Axure widget
libraries are at your
fingertips
• Axure community has links to
many widget library collections
http://www.axure.com/community/
widget-libraries
• Some free; some paid
• Includes:
• Mobile, tablet, desktop
• iOS, Android
• Icons & gestures
• Flows & documentation
UNLESS YOU NEED TO MAKE
CUSTOM WIDGETS
WAIT!
Are you the only person
that will use your custom
widget library?
If you plan to share your library with a team, you may want to do the following before you start on it:
1. Mention to your team you want to make a widget library
2. Get their feedback about how to make the widget library useful, how how to distribute it, how to update it; as well as how to name, organize, and reference widgets
3. Keep talking to your team about the widget library
4. Appreciate their support and feedback
LET’S MAKE SOME WIDGETS!
Resources
• Axure has a great widget library
tutorial on their website:
http://www.axure.com/learn/widget
-libraries
• If you run into issues while
creating, loading, or using your
widget library, post your question
to the Axure forum:
http://www.axure.com/c/forum.php
WE’VE ARRIVED!
THANK YOU!