Getting Started with Axure Widget Libraries

GETTING STARTED

WITH AXURE

WIDGET LIBRARIES

Jayne Spottswood

November 20, 2014

Jayne.spottswood

www.linkedin.com/in/jaynespottswo@gmail.como

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WELCOME!

Who am I?

• UX professional

• DePaul HCI grad

• UX Sears blogger:

http://ux.sears.com/author/jayne-

spottswood/

• Former social media/PR

professional

• Passionate about digital

experiences, and helping others

use them

• Lover of all things silly. And cats.

PARKING LOT

YEAR 2 B.A. (BEFORE AXURE)

YEAR 1 U.A. (USING AXURE)

Allotted time to make wires: 3 months

YEAR 2 U.A. (USING AXURE)

Allotted time to make wires: 4 months

YEAR 3 U.A. (USING AXURE)

Allotted time to make wires: 1 DAY

DEUS EX WIDGET LIBRARY

WHAT HAVE I LEARNED?

EVERYTHING’S FASTER WITH A

WIDGET LIBRARY (A DEMO)

BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO

MAKE ONE

Ready-made Axure widget

libraries are at your

fingertips

• Axure community has links to

many widget library collections

http://www.axure.com/community/

widget-libraries

• Some free; some paid

• Includes:

• Mobile, tablet, desktop

• iOS, Android

• Icons & gestures

• Flows & documentation

UNLESS YOU NEED TO MAKE

CUSTOM WIDGETS

WAIT!

Are you the only person

that will use your custom

widget library?

If you plan to share your library with a team, you may want to do the following before you start on it:

1. Mention to your team you want to make a widget library

2. Get their feedback about how to make the widget library useful, how how to distribute it, how to update it; as well as how to name, organize, and reference widgets

3. Keep talking to your team about the widget library

4. Appreciate their support and feedback

LET’S MAKE SOME WIDGETS!

Resources

• Axure has a great widget library

tutorial on their website:

http://www.axure.com/learn/widget

-libraries

• If you run into issues while

creating, loading, or using your

widget library, post your question

to the Axure forum:

http://www.axure.com/c/forum.php

WE’VE ARRIVED!

THANK YOU!