A presentation at A Day of REST in in Boston, MA, USA by Mel Choyce
Mel Choyce
@melchoyce / melchoyce.design / mel.blog
Who’s in the room?
Designers are excited about the REST API
A gif of Michelle Tanner from Family Matters dancing
Whole new ballgame
More control over the back-end or the front-end
Progress, not stagnation
“Blog” no more
Great custom client sites
Better product design with WordPress
API opens new avenues of work
Mobile Design
Not experts… yet
Interaction Design (IxD)
https://dribbble.com/shots/3344228-Moving-task-flow- interactions
Not a lot of interaction in the current WordPress admin
Design is important to showing state changes
Learn the basics now
We’ll need help with the technical bits
How developers can help
Talk to designers early
What’s changed?
We might need help
Walk us through things
We might be worried
Be patient
Can your team cover front-end, too?
Some designers will happily adapt
Collaborate with designers to make cool new things
When WordPress does well, we all do well.
Thanks
@melchoyce / melchoyce.design / mel.blog
The WordPress REST API isn’t just exciting for developers — designers are also looking forward to new possibilities! From the freedom to create apps without WordPress theme restrictions, to new challenges with user interface patterns, there are just as much need for designers to learn new skills deeply. Let’s talk about those possibilities and how designers and developers can collaborate to make awesome new sites and products using the REST API.
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