We were talking about the tech part of prototyping (the idea to prototype phase of project). The prototyping you outline contains also a preliminary part - the development of the idea itself. Often the client does not really know what he wants or has a very limited grasp of the technology and solutions available. In these cases, good old pen and paper (even if electronic like google docs, or just annotated mockup screenshots) are a very valid and good way to go to get an actual spec, which then can go to tech people to be prototyped and developed/refined further.
On Oct 30, 10:38 pm, "Steve Shepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to pickup on the prototyping discussion, > I have pulled my hair out about this for over 3 years. > The key to prototyping is to allow very quick changing of ideas to match the > GOALS of the user. > If you code it you start pouring concrete and immediately start building > walls to further innovation. > The more effort a coder invests in developing the prototype the more > resistent to changes the mind automatically becomes. > I finally settle on a simple Google doc with hand drawing of the screen with > implementation notes at the bottom. > Its not perfect but it does allow collaboration with google docs and it > doesn't have a whole technical knowledge thing to breakdown. > > Below I have included an example of a screen I am developing for an > applicaiton: > (The square brackets are buttons and dropdowns) > > The Marketing Manager Main Page > ------------------------------ > * > [Add a Campaign] [Select an Action[v]]**- (1 to 2 of 15) Campaigns > * *Select* > *Title > * *Information > * *Responses* > * > ( )* > *Messages to Prospective Students for Hort 2 Course prior to them signing > up* > (4) Messages, Horticulture, Agri Learning Category, Followup, Modified > Yesterday, By Me The Information section is a combo of a number of fields of > information. > (10) People linked > (2) Sent a Response > (20% Responses) > (3) Added last 10 days [Adjust] > * > * *(*)* > *A Welcome for new Hort 2 Students before course starts.* > (2) Messages, Horticulture Category, Countdown, Modified Last Week, By Jan > Davies > > *Include > * *Filter the Campaigns > * [X] > Horticulture > [X] > Agri Learning > [ ] > Sport > [X] > Last 7 Days > [ ] > Last Month > [X] > By Me > [X] > By Others > *Options* > *Add a Filter* > > ------------------------------ > Design Info You can hover over the 2 and change the number of records on a > Page. etc etc --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
