Figma was recommended by my friend Sicong, who uses it as a way to prototype his projects and create logos
Figma is a collaborative design tool that lets users work together, allows for fast prototyping of ideas and design mockups.
User Experience (UX) Designers, engineers, and product managers use it daily to create or improve products or services.
Imagine you have an idea for an app and want to draw it. Figma’s there to help you do that.
By turning your ideas into Figma sketches, you’re able to show a more concrete example of your idea to others.
So next time you want to work together with your team to design a new idea, consider using Figma (or other similar platforms).
You can build different types of designs, below are some examples with tutorials:
Figma also has a huge community that creates plugins that contain new types of layouts, toolkits, among other things.
Example of plugins you can find:
And how much does it cost?
Like other SaaS1 services, Figma has three plans: starting from free to $45 per user/month.
If you’re a student (like with the GitHub Student Developer Pack’s benefits), you can get the professional version for free, so it’s quite worth it.
What is wireframing?
Wireframing is designing something at the structural level, compared to making a blueprint of a house.
Before you start building the pretty pages, you draw out how the skeleton of the website/app/service will be.
A few examples:
This allows you to have a more clear example of how the app will function and it helps others envision your idea.
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