App Design and Development

Course

What qualifies a modern digital product designer compared to other professionals? If it is true that the only deliverable that matters is the final product, are there really clear differences between designers and programmers in the contemporary design of digital artifacts?

According to John Maeda, the digital designer should:

• have an understanding of the logic behind the code, even without necessarily programming in the first person, to have the pulse of the feasibility of the design solutions it offers;
• have a critical look at technology, which has the task of “humanizing” for the end user, asking himself at each stage of development what to do and why;
• embrace the multidisciplinary context in which he works as an engine of creativity and evolution, which leads him to understand and dominate new paradigms.
  In summary, have the continuous courage to renew his skills.Both designers and developers today have new opportunities for contamination and professional growth thanks to the convergence in place which on the one hand democratizes the drawing tools – shortening the supply chain that leads from prototyping to the development of a solution – and on the other requires new and more up-to-date skills to adapt to ever-changing languages ​​and systems, with an ever-increasing focus on user experience.To answer these questions in a contemporary and effective way, POLI.design and Cefriel have joined forces in an innovative and experimental path that aims to provide designers and programmers with the tools, skills and method to develop mobile cross-platform applications.

The course aims to train professionals capable of designing and developing cross-platform apps, using Web technologies.
The course aims to:

• provide basic theoretical knowledge on UX and App Development
• introduce the problems and technologies available today to build apps
• indicate good practices with which to build one’s own project culture on the subject
• suggest the most appropriate tools for the profession
• present some of the main solutions for the creation of cross-platform apps using updated programming languages
  All oriented to provide a polytechnic methodology with which to approach the App project in its entirety, from the problem setting phase to that of Quality Assessment.

The course will have a strong professionalizing impact: through a project work commissioned by a real company, participants will have the opportunity to apply the concepts and tools learned directly to a concrete project and a real client.

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App Design and Development

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Training objectives

Goals:

• Economics of digital services
• Digital Transformation
• Economy app
• Skills and multidisciplinary approach (engineering / development & design)

Didactic Plan

The course lasts 80 hours (+ 8 for the final project work presentation) for a total of 11 days.

The lessons will take place on Friday and Saturday full time.

Didactic Modules

Introduction
General launch of the course, teaching methods and objectives.
Presentation of the Project Work.

Grounding
UX Basic design
JavaScript and basic HTML

Scientific and cultural references
UX, Design Thinking, Agile / Lean / Sprint and Servitization.
Interaction Design tips & UX trend.

UX tools
Block 2: Metadesign _ User Research
Conduct interviews with users.
Construction of personas.
Definition of the Customer Journey.
Block 3: Interaction Design
Information Architecture: user story, use case, sitemap, user flow.
Wireframing and prototyping: methods and tools, from paper to native prototyping.

Development tools
Block 1: Scientific and cultural references
Problems with building modern apps
Technologies available today and how to choose
Because cross-platform could be the solution

Block 2: Flutter
Introduction to the Google framework
Because Flutter is a solution that combines innovation and efficiency
Examples and resolution of the exercise

Block 3: Test & Fixing
Debugging, maintenance and release
Introduction
General launch of the course, teaching methods and objectives.
Presentation of the Project Work.

Grounding
UX Basic design
JavaScript and basic HTML

Scientific and cultural references
UX, Design Thinking, Agile / Lean / Sprint and Servitization.
Interaction Design tips & UX trend.

UX tools
Block 2: Metadesign _ User Research
Conduct interviews with users.
Construction of personas.
Definition of the Customer Journey.
Block 3: Interaction Design
Information Architecture: user story, use case, sitemap, user flow.
Wireframing and prototyping: methods and tools, from paper to native prototyping.

Development tools
Block 1: Scientific and cultural references
Problems with building modern apps
Technologies available today and how to choose
Because cross-platform could be the solution

Block 2: Flutter
Introduction to the Google framework
Because Flutter is a solution that combines innovation and efficiency
Examples and resolution of the exercise

Block 3: Test & Fixing
Debugging, maintenance and release

Title Released

At the end of the course will be issued a Certificate of Participation in the Course ” App Design and Development ” and Open Badge by POLI.design

Employment Opportunities

The course aims to train professionals so they are able to design and develop apps and interfaces for new digital services, starting from the requirements provided by the customer and making use of methodologies and tools specific to Design and Information Technology, both by working in a team and individually, within a business or within a self-employed context.

Admission

Requirements

The course is aimed at:

• recent graduates with a medium-high diploma or degree in Design, Architecture or Engineering, or in humanities, such as Economics and Communication Sciences, to whom it intends to provide a significant integration of polytechnic matrix to previous professional preparation;
• agency, company or freelance professionals who intend to acquire more vertical skills with respect to UX / UI and Front End Development issues.

It is preferable that candidates are already familiar with the main technical-professional issues related to the Internet (navigation browser, open source tools, use of social media, digital services) and with word processing and calculation programs.

Price

The registration fee is equal to: 2.000,00 euro + VAT.

Partial exemptions:
For companies that enroll two or more employees the cost will be € 2,000.00 + VAT for the first employee, € 1,800.00 + VAT for the second employee and € 1,600.00 for the third employee and more employees.

Partial and early bird exemptions cannot be combined with other reductions, scholarships or other concessions granted by POLI.design S.c.r.l. or by other entities for the same course.

Faculty

Partners

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