Building a web app - Part 3: Designing a mock up
This is part 3 of Building a web app. You can find part 1 here.
I want to pitch the idea to a few, carefully selected developers to get their feedback. I thought a mock-up could help to explain the idea, and add a little weight to the proposal.
Design is not my forte, but I also appreciate how important good UI design is. Rather than spending a disproportionate amount of time on the design, I've decided to approach the design of my app in two stages:
- Purchase a clean, simple and easy to amend template that I can bend to fit my app.
- If the idea is well received, I can hire a designer to pay some further attention to the UI.
I have no doubts that an excellent UI designer will make a big difference to the product's success, but I just need a mock and something to use during testing right now.
Turns out there's a lot of ugly templates out there! Luckily I've found something clean for $59 that I think I can change to suit.
After some tweaking, I have my first mock, ready to begin pitching the idea:
I'm a little nervous now. I've only invested 2 evenings and $147 so far, but I'm growing increasingly attached to ConsoleWriteLine and tomorrow's job is to pitch the idea to a few developers to get their take on it.
I hope they like it, but if they don't, I'm prepared to write the idea off.
There'll be a small wait before the next post while I wait for replies.
Comments
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