Dive Club 🤿 Gavin Nelson - Prototyping, interaction design, and learning SwiftUI
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Jul 18, 2024 
Designer Gavin Nelson discusses prototyping, interaction design, and learning SwiftUI. Topics include designing app icons, creating physics-based interactions, designing for power users at Linear, using code for prototyping, and the interplay between custom and stock components in mobile design.
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Tool Selection
- Use sketching for rapid ideation, Figma for visual design and click-through prototypes, and coded prototypes for validation.
- Choose tools based on the goal, moving fluidly between them as needed.
Code for Fidelity
- Code is ideal for high-fidelity prototypes indistinguishable from production, especially for complex interactions.
- Focus on functionality over perfect code, as the prototype's purpose is communication.
Prototype Reuse
- The Linear onboarding screen's parallax effect prototype was partially reused in production.
- However, most of Gavin's prototype code is too messy for direct implementation.