UX + Dev Summit

Building Enterprise Web Apps on Angular-Material

Kyle Ledbetter – UX Architect - Teradata (2016 præsentation)

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https://speakerdeck.com/kyleledbetter/building-enterprise-web-apps-on-angular-material

Deck highlights:

Teradata traditionally shipped hardware

  • Long release cycles
  • Waterfall development
  • Extensive testing before release
  • Work in same location
  • Thousands of engineers
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To the cloud!

Our team is the tip of the spear for agile, software- only products

Lots of opportunities

Pick modern software (Go, Angular-Material, Docker, Mesos)

Decide collaboration (Slack, Github, Hangouts)

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But some problems

Very few frontend devs of varying skillsets Different office locations (also remote)

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UX Cross-Org Matrix

Chapter of Frontend Devs & Designers across product squads

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Why Material Design

As the centerpiece of our UX

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  1. It’s a design spec married to code framework(s)
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2. Official implementations from the horse’s mouth (Google)

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3. The spec keeps growing & iterating for you w/o your time

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4. So many devices & breakpoints have been considered

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5. Focused on Accessibility

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6. Familiarity for Users, Designers & Developers

7. Inspiration, Community & Resources Oh My

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8. Deep, Immersive & Specialized Views

Opinions and guidelines

Don't hack the core!

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You can still design anything

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Follow the Open Source Model

For extending the style guide and UI repositories

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But won’t we all look like Google?

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What's the bottom line?

SPEED TO PRODUCTIVITY

The most important metric

Functional UI in 1 Sprint

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