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From Vision to UX Design with RAD Studio - Webinar Replay How do you make your great app ideas come to life quickly with the least amount of pain, frustration and wasted budget? The answer is by creating a solid development plan that follows the three stages of application prototyping: wireframing, prototyping and production. While pen and paper is still an option, utilizing digital tools makes you and your apps competitive and agile, and offers the clearest path to success.  Last week, I held a joined webinar with Cindy Zablockis (Twitter: @cind...

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Touch-Friendly Navigation for Mobile Apps Over 20% of users abandon an application after using it the first time (per Localytics). How can you design your mobile app to avoid being one of these casualties? Start out by designing your application with mobile in mind. You can’t just replicate your desktop application and expect it to make sense on a smaller form factor. Each platform already has existing patterns your users are used to: iOS tab bars are on the bottom and include glyphs but Android tab bars are at the top and are text-on...
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Get the Competitive Edge with FireUI The Market Today To stay relevant, be successful and reach users, mobile app developers need to develop multi-device apps. Looking at the latest mobile OS market share stats, iOS and Android is split down the middle in the US, with iOS being prevalent in Japan and Android in Germany (stats from statcounter.com).   US: iOS ~53% Android ~47%   Germany: iOS ~27% Android ~72%   Japan: iOS ~67% Android ~33%       Looking at the stats above illustrates...

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Ranorex Test Automationのご紹介 前回の続きです。 Architect版に追加されるツールとして Aqua Data Studioをご紹介しましたが、今回は、追加されるもう一つのツールである、テスト自動化ツールのRanorex Test Automationを簡単にご紹介します。 テストツールとして、RAD StudioにはDUnitがバンドルされていますが、ユニットテスト用です。一方、Ranorex Test Automationは文字通りの自動テストツールで、UIテスト向けのツールです。このような自動テストツールとして、SeleniumやMicroSoft Visual Studio Test Professionalが代表的です。 ほんのさわりですが、実際に自動テストを実行してみましょう。 起動画面です。 テストプロジェクトを作成します。マクロには、C#やVB.NETが使えます。   テストケースが作成出来たので、アプリを登録します。 Delphi/C++Builderの場合は、"Desktop"を選択します。 アプリケーションを操作すると、その内容が記録されます。 ...

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Prototyping: from Vision to UX Design You have a great idea for an app, but how do you successfully get from idea to a well designed, functional app your users love? It starts with design wireframing and prototyping, a faster iterative process that requires less coding effort up front so you know what works and what needs to be improved - before you invest your hours and dollars coding. Application prototyping is an important part of application development. Since the initial release of iOS back in 2007, many mobile application focu...

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