prototyping

Using SketchFlow to prototype MS Surface Applications

Hi We're doing mockups/prototyping on a MS Surface device and I wonder if anyone has succeeded in using SketchFlow for this. The problem that I see is that the code generated by the tool uses normal WPF controls (Button, etc.) instead of the contact aware surface counterparts (SurfaceButton) which means that they won't work nice on the ...

When do you throw a prototype away and start over?

When you're prototyping a new system, what guideline(s) do you use to mark a stop-and-start-over point? ...

How easy would it be to refactor a small JSP/Servlet/JDBC project to SpringMVC/Hibernate

With reference to this post, I am considering starting a new web-based Java project. Since I don't know Spring/Hibernate I was concerned if it's a bad plan to start learning them while creating a new project, especially since it will slow down the early development. One idea I had was to write a prototype using tech I do know, namely JS...

What should I put in the href when I prototype?

When protyping we often do empty anchors. A very common way to do this is to do something like: <a href="#">Go here</a> But if the client clicks this link, the page will scroll to the top. But if we leave out the href attribute, the link won't behave like a link. I've see stuff like: <a href="javascript;">Go here</a> But it doesn'...

What does "prototyping" mean in practice?

When I recently asked about the uses of Ruby someone told me it was good for prototyping. I basically know what that means, quickly get the very base of your app up and working, see if there are conceptual problems and then add the rest. Am I right with how I understand prototyping? What would be a concrete example of prototyping a Sna...

What's the best tool to create high-fidelity wireframes and prototypes?

More than a simple wireframe, I´d like to create a complete prototype, fully functional & dynamic with data and rich interactions... Do you know any tool outthere? i´m looking for something really quick and easy, i don´t want to code. A friend told me about Justinmind Prototyper, any other guess? ...

software for mac that can help in design phase (UML?)

Hi All I am looking for a tool/software that can help me in designing my app. Basically i do not need something like a code generator, but a nice software that let me create blocks where i implement actions (like a class, but just with the declaration of the methods and datatypes/returned types; no implementation) and then let me crea...

UI Prototyping Tool which generates html as output

I'm looking for a UI prototyping tool which generates HTML output. I checked SO for Web UI prototyping tools, but none of them generates html as output. Please could you suggest a tool for the same... ...

Is there a self-hosted web-based web UI prototyping tool?

The question says it all, we know most of the hosted web-based UI prototyping tools out there, but we would like to have ours hosted on our own internal servers, preferably with on-line multi-user collaboration functionality (i.e. users modifying the prototype, making comments, etc. in parallel). Any suggestions will be appreciated. ...

Import current UI into sketchflow

I need prototype the UI for next gen of my ASP.Net app. I'd like to use a tool like Sketchflow to mock of the new screens and updates to the currents screens. Can I import my current UI into Sketchflow? Is there another prototyping tool that does allow importing existing UIs? ...

Best interactive prototyping tool for a Semantic Network based RIA

I have a project that is based on semantic networks (i.e. triple stores), reasoning / recommendation engines and interactive visualisation (not just displaying the network, but manipulating the visual elements of the displayed network). The delivery is to be as a Rich Internet Application, delivered through a web browser. At this stage...

Export Expression Blend project in an accessible way?

I'm mocking up a wp7 app in Expression Blend. I would like to export it in an accessible way, so people without Visual Studio or Expression can view it. I know how to do it for Sketchflow, but it is also possible to do it for a Windows Mobile project? ...

Any open source alternatives to balsamiq mockup

As the title reads, I'm looking for open source alternatives to balsamiq mockup for prototyping. Anyone knows of an equally good alternative that's open source or basically freeware. ...