Intro -- Prototyping Essentials with Axure Second Edition -- Table of Contents -- Prototyping Essentials with Axure Second Edition -- Credits -- Foreword -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more -- Why subscribe? -- Free access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Prototyping Fundamentals -- The Times They Are A-Changin' -- The Axure Option -- UX Prototyping by UX Designers -- Prototyping Interaction -- Project-level Forecasting -- A Weighted Risk Checklist for UX Projects -- The Heuristics -- The Score -- Your Employment Type -- Risk Factors for UX Consultants -- Opportunities -- The Client -- Risk Factors -- Opportunities -- UX Reporting To... -- Risk Factors -- Opportunities -- Enterprise Grade -- Risk Factors -- Opportunities -- New Product or a Redesign -- Risk Factors -- Opportunities -- Transactional -- Risk Factors -- Opportunities -- Responsive -- Risk Factors -- Opportunities -- Localization -- Risk Factors -- Business Requirements Exist -- Risk Factors -- Opportunities -- UX Resources -- Risk Factors -- Opportunities -- Communication and Collaboration Tools -- Risk Factors -- Opportunities -- UX Documentation and Traceability -- Risk Factors -- Opportunities -- Axure Construction Strategy Checklist -- Showcasing Opportunities -- Considering Risks -- Practical Axure -- Small Projects -- Web Applications and Portals -- Heuristic Evaluation -- User Validation -- Deliverables - Prototypes and Specifications -- Tips for Using Axure on Large-design Projects -- UX and Stakeholders' Perspectives -- Leadership.

Project Management -- Engineering -- Visual Design -- The UX Perspectives -- The Axure Perspective -- Summary -- 2. Axure Basics - the User Interface -- Getting Started -- Axure File Formats -- The RP File Format (Standalone Files) -- The RPPRJ File Format (Team Project) -- Team Projects -- Environment -- Customizing the Workspace -- The Sitemap Pane -- The Widgets Pane -- Wireframe Widgets -- Selecting a Widget Shape - Option 1 -- Selecting a Widget Shape - Option 2 -- Selecting a Widget Shape - Option 3 -- Shapes - Highlights -- Form Fields - Highlights (New!) -- Dynamic Panels - Highlights -- The Repeater Widget (New!) -- Style -- Location and Size -- Base Style -- The Style Editor - Default Styles -- The Style Editor Dialog - Custom Styles -- Font -- Fills, Lines, + Borders -- Outer and Inner Shadow -- Alignment + Padding -- Line Spacing -- The Design Area -- Adaptive Views (New!) -- Adding Adaptive Views -- Adaptive View Definitions -- The Page Properties Pane -- Page Notes -- Manage Notes -- Page Interactions -- Page Formatting -- Sketch Effects -- Flow Widgets -- The Widget Interactions and Notes Pane -- The Interactions Tab -- Interactions -- The Notes Tab -- Note Sets -- Grid and Guides -- Setting Guides -- The Masters Pane -- Master Drop Behavior -- Place Anywhere -- Lock to Master Location -- Break Away from Master -- Usage Report -- The Widget Manager Pane -- Widgets Manager Functionality -- Widgets Manager - Filter -- Web Fonts Mappings (New!) -- Step 1 - Assign/Tag the Font -- Step 2 - The Web Font -- Step 3 - Copy the Code into Axure -- The Toolbars and the Menu Bar -- The Generated Prototype -- Summary -- 3. Prototype Construction Basics -- Aligning UX with Prototyping Principles -- Getting Started with Prototyping in Axure -- Key Design Activities -- Assumptions and Disclaimers -- Objectives and Artifacts.

Naming Conventions, Labeling, and Unique IDs -- The Farm2Table Sample Project in a Nutshell -- Interactive Concept Models -- The Axure Edge -- On Capabilities and Requirements -- Initial, High-level Requirements -- Home Page -- Axure and Requirement Management -- Use Cases -- Use Case Diagram Page -- Step 1 - Adding a Flow Page to the Sitemap -- Showing the Grid -- Step 2 - Creating the Use Case Diagram -- Refine Diagram -- Axure's Selection Modes -- Working with Widgets -- Staying Organized with Sitemap Folders -- Saving the Project File -- The RP Route -- The RPPRJ Route - Convert to Team Project -- Task Flow Diagram Pages -- Task Flow Diagrams (Sans Visio) -- Flow Diagram - New Subscription -- Flow Diagram - Assemble My Weekly Box -- Linking Use Cases to Flow Diagrams while Keeping Your Naming Conventions Intact -- Generating an HTML Prototype -- The Sitemap Diagram -- A Device/OS-agnostic UI Framework -- First Wireframe - Produce [Visitor, User Not Logged In] -- A Quick but Structured Construction Approach -- Getting Started with Masters and Dynamic Panels -- Global Elements as Masters -- Axure Masters and Why to Use Them -- The Global Navigation Bar -- Adding Wireframe Pages -- Creating Your First Master -- Basic Interactions -- Dynamic Panels to the Rescue -- States Construction in a Dynamic Panel -- Automatically Resizing a Dynamic Panel and Associated States -- Adding Visual Effects -- Adding Sketch Effects -- Summary -- 4. Creating Basic Interactions -- Axure Interactions -- Axure Events -- Page-level Events -- Widget-level Events -- Axure Cases -- Axure Actions -- Things to Keep in Mind -- Widgets, Events, and Context -- Labeling -- Example 1 - Controlling Styles -- Step 1 - Navigation Bar Setup -- Step 2 - Setting the Navigation to Reflect the Current Page -- Step 3 - Setting the Remaining Tabs -- Example 2 - Hide and Show.

Construction Strategy -- Step 1 - Assigning Styles to the LOG IN Tab -- Step 2 - Creating the Login Layer -- Step 3 - Show or Hide the Login Panel -- Example 3 - Utility Actions -- Step 1 - the Lightbox Widget -- Step 2 - Interaction -- Summary -- 5. Advanced Interactions -- Conditions -- IF-THEN-ELSE -- A Basic Set -- How Statements Relate to Each Other -- AND and OR -- Sandbox Files for Learning and Experimenting -- Guided Example - Conditions -- Step 1 - Defining the Interaction -- Step 2 - Wireframe Construction -- Step 3 - Setting the First Condition -- Step 4 - Adding an Interaction to the Condition -- Step 5 - Testing the Interaction -- Step 6 - Tweak and Iterate -- The Condition Builder in Detail -- Guided Example - Higher Fidelity with Multiple Conditions -- Step 1 - Define the Interaction and Desired Fidelity -- From Low to High -- Step 2 - Wireframe Construction -- Step 3 - Evaluating Conditions -- Divide and Conquer - Part 1 -- Counter Conditions -- Divide and Conquer - Part 2 -- Toggle IF/ELSE IF and Order of Execution -- Satisfy ALL or ANY -- Negative Thinking -- More Than Meets the Eye -- Time Estimation for Conditional Work -- Troubleshooting Conditions -- Raised Events -- Guided Example -- Step 1 - Creating a Raised Event on the Master -- Step 2 - Applying an Interaction to Raised Events on a Page -- Wireframe Construction -- Binding the Raised Event with an Action -- Same Master but Different Behaviors -- Amplifying Raised Events in Nested Masters -- Construction -- Amplifying a Raised Event -- Completion -- Variables -- Guided Example - Tracking Items in a Shopping Cart -- Step 1 - Defining the Interaction -- Step 2 - Constructing the Interaction -- The Repeater Wireframe -- The Repeater Dataset -- Repeater Item Interactions -- Repeater Formatting -- Step 3 - Introducing Variables -- Identifying Needed Variable(s).

Adding Variables to the Prototype -- Creating and Managing the Variables -- Getting Variables to Work - Step 1 -- Getting Variables to Work - Step 2 -- Getting Variables to Work - Step 3 (Preview) -- Finishing the Interaction -- Points to Remember about Variables -- Variable Types -- Global Variables -- Axure's Built-in Variable -- Create Your Own Variables -- Special Variables -- Usage Examples -- Local Variables and Functions -- Naming Variables -- Pros and Cons of Using Variables -- Summary -- 6. Widget Libraries -- When to Use a Widget Library -- Library Types -- Axure's Built-in Libraries -- Axure and Community Libraries -- Submitting a Widget Library -- Create Your Own Widget Library -- How to Create a Widget Library -- Step 1 - Creating the Library File -- Step 2 - Creating a Custom Widget -- Step 3 - Refreshing a Library in the Project File -- Managing Widget Libraries -- Masters or External Widget Libraries? -- Using RPLIB -- Pros -- Cons -- Using Masters in an RP or RPPRJ file -- Pros -- Cons -- When to Begin Creating Patterns -- Wireframe Global Patterns -- Summary -- 7. Managing Prototype Change -- From a Vision to Reality -- The Change-readiness Checklist -- Expectations, Paradigms, and Change -- UX and Software Development Models -- Traditional (Waterfall) -- Agile -- Agile Flavors -- Estimating Axure Work -- Where Does Time Go? -- Account for Responsive Web Design (RWD) -- Account for Refactoring an Axure File -- More on Expectation Alignment -- Construction for Change -- Cascade Change and Rollback Change -- Rollback Change with Team Project -- Cascade Change with Masters and Libraries -- Cascade Change with Custom Styles -- Widget Properties' Cheat Sheets -- Font Properties -- Shape Properties -- Alignment and Spacing Properties -- Default Widget Styles -- Local Changes with Style Painter.

Alignment with the Project Style Guide and CSS.

A hands-on guide filled with practical examples to device/OS independent User Experience Strategy with Axure 7. If you are a UX practitioner or a business analyst or a product manager involved in UX projects, this book is for you. This book will also be useful to consultants or in-house staff who work for agencies, and individual practitioners or UX team members. Familiarity with Axure will help but is not mandatory.

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