You may think that just because you don’t do any “front end” work, you don’t need to worry about knowing how to design a good user interface. The truth is that you’re designing user interfaces all the time - you just don’t think of it that way. Just because you’re writing code that doesn’t include a GUI, don’t think there isn’t a user interface involved. An API is a user interface and many of the principles that go into designing a good GUI are just as applicable when creating the public interface for a package, a service, or even a single class.

In this session, you’ll learn the fundamentals of good user interface design, techniques to help you deliver a great user experience, and how to apply them even when there’s not a single pixel involved.