Show HN: The App Design Handbook

http://nathanbarry.com/app-design-handbook

by nathanbarry • 14 years ago

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nathanbarry8• 14 years ago

If you have any questions about designing iOS applications or about the book I'd be happy to answer them!

matthewj• 14 years ago

Looks great! What do the videos cover?

nathanbarry8• 14 years ago

They are video tutorials of the case studies. So they cover designing an app and a login form in Photoshop, then implementing those designs using Interface Builder and Xcode. About 2.5+ hours of video.

farslan• 14 years ago

I have prior experience in Programming (C,C++,Objective-C,etc..). The programming part is easy for me. However at the design part i barely know anything. For example I can made a shadow for a image, but it takes me hours digging trough lots of Photoshop tutorials. %80 of my time goes to the design part, and this is to much in comparing to programming.

Is this book suitable for me?

nathanbarry8• 14 years ago

Yes, In the book itself I talk a lot about best practices and iOS design principles, but don't cover a lot of specific code. In the resources I include video tutorials of actually designing and implementing the case studies. I think you will really like it.

richaclark• 14 years ago

Purchased. I've really appreciated all the iOS tips and design resources on your blog!

nathanbarry8• 14 years ago

Thanks! I hope people learn a lot from them. I've learned so much from everyone's web design and dev blogs over the years that I really feel the need to share what I've learned.

aqrashik• 14 years ago

I noticed that in the sample chapter you mention that subtlepatterns.com does not require a credit link (although appreciated)

This no longer seems to be the case, and the site now mentions only CC-BY-SA 3.0 (with no mention of not requiring attribution)

nathanbarry8• 14 years ago

You are right. The license is clear, but the FAQ page doesn't mention the credit link requirement. I'll email them and see what they prefer. Sometimes it is hard to give credit in iOS apps.

ryandelk• 14 years ago

Awesome!

pjbeardsley• 14 years ago

Nice. I think there are a lot of programmery types out there who would like to improve their UI/Photoshop skills. I'll definitely check this out.

If I could offer one piece of constructive criticism:

It would be nice to see some examples of things you've built. That's the #1 thing I look for. I realize this can be problematic when working for someone else.

nathanbarry8• 14 years ago

That makes sense. Here are two of my iOS apps:

http://onevoiceapp.com http://thinklegend.com/commit

More of my design work is here:

http://thinklegend.com/design

I appreciate the feedback!

tedmiston• 14 years ago

Was hoping to get an extra inside peek for HNers to differentiate this from a post strictly to promote a book release.

nathanbarry8• 14 years ago

Have you seen the preview chapter? That may be what you are looking for: http://nathanbarry.com/app-design-handbook

I'll try to include more useful information later.

chrisdroukas• 14 years ago

That was a very easy link to miss (even though you can click the image of the book as well to display the sample PDF) — maybe consider elevating the download text?

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