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UX design for beginners: How to

learn UX and get started in the


field
What’s the best way for beginners to learn UX design?

What should you learn first?

Start with this complete guide to UX design for beginners.

For beginners, UX design is both an exciting and potentially daunting topic.


With so much to learn, where do you begin? How do you go about
tackling all the different concepts, tools and terminology?

The roadmaps is :

 A beginner-friendly definition of UX design


 UX design for beginners: What you should learn first

What is UX design? A beginner-friendly definition

If you’re a UX beginner, the first thing you should do is to make sure you have
a clear understanding of exactly what UX design is.

So what does UX actually stand for? It stands for “user experience” and it
relates to the overall quality of a user’s end-to-end experience with a product,
service or brand. User experience (UX) design is the process of creating
these experiences, ensuring that they are as user-friendly as possible.
UX design is all about solving problems in a user-centric way. The UX
process starts with user research and problem definition. That is, getting to
know your target audience and pin-pointing the problem they need you to
solve.

From there, the focus moves to coming up with potential solutions and
sketching out initial ideas for how the product (i.e. the solution) might look in
terms of the user journey and the overall structure.

As the idea evolves, the UX designer will create wireframes and prototypes
(i.e. a blueprint of how the product will be structured) and test it on sample
users before getting it developed into a live product.

UX design for beginners: Learn these things

1. Start with the fundamental concepts, terminology and


principles

All you really need at this stage is Google! You can use these questions to
guide your research and learning:

 What is UX design? What is the value of UX design and why is it so


important? What is the difference between UX and UI design?

 How do UX designers contribute to the product design and development


process?
 What are the fundamental principles of UX design? What do terms like
usability, hierarchy, accessibility, user-centricity and information
architecture mean?

 What is user research? What are some common user research methods
used by UX designers? How do UX designers analyse and use their
research insights?

 What deliverables do UX designers produce? Learn about UX/user


personas, affinity maps (or affinity diagrams), empathy maps, user flows,
wireframes and prototypes

 What tools do UX designers use? Learn about the most popular UX design
tools, including user research tools, wireframing tools, prototyping tools, UX
documentation tools and UI design tools

 What other roles and job titles are there in UX, besides UX designer?

 What skills do UX designers need? Focus on both hard and soft skills, as
they’re equally important
2. Learn and practice essential UX skills

With a good grasp on UX concepts and fundamentals, the next step is to get
practical with your learning. UX is a very hands-on profession, after all, so it’s
essential that you’re able to carry out the UX process from start to finish.

This includes:

 Planning, conducting and analysing user research


 Defining user problems and ideating solutions
 Being able to use industry-standard tools
 Defining navigation, user flows and information architecture for user-friendly
products
 Creating wireframes and prototypes
 Planning, conducting and analysing user and usability tests

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