You're reading from Low-Code Application Development with Appian

Product type Book

Published in Apr 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800205628

Pages 462 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Concepts

Application Development

Author (1):

Stefan Helzle

Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: No-Code with Appian Quick Apps

2. Chapter 1: Creating an Appian Quick App

3. Chapter 2: Features and Limitations of Appian Quick Apps

4. Chapter 3: Building Blocks of Appian Quick Apps

5. Chapter 4: The Use Cases for Appian Quick Apps

6. Section 2: A Software Project with Appian

7. Chapter 5: Understanding the Business Context

8. Chapter 6: Understanding Business Data in Appian Projects

9. Chapter 7: Understanding Business Processes in Appian Projects

10. Chapter 8: Understanding UX Discovery and the UI in Appian Projects

11. Section 3: Implementing Software

12. Chapter 9: Modeling Business Data with Appian Records

13. Chapter 10: Modeling Business Processes in Appian

14. Chapter 11: Creating User Interfaces in Appian

15. Chapter 12: Task Management with Appian

16. Chapter 13: Reporting and Monitoring with Appian

17. Section 4: The Code in Appian Low-Code

18. Chapter 14: Expressing Logic with Appian

19. Chapter 15: Using Web Services with Appian Integrations

20. Chapter 16: Useful Implementation Patterns in Appian

21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 8: Understanding UX Discovery and the UI in Appian Projects

Records and processes need a User Interface (UI), which is the third and last part of your application's foundation. In the olden days, we had paper forms; in the 21st century, we have screens on computers and mobile devices. Designing UIs requires a profound understanding of what will drive and motivate people at Tarence Limited.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

Understanding UX discovery – the user experience determining the user interface
Supporting people doing their tasks – creating efficient UIs
Understanding management needs – creating monitoring and reporting dashboards
A wireframing introduction and tools – when and how to create UI mock-up
Designing screens in an Appian context – screen design for business process automation

Throughout this chapter, you will learn how to conduct User Experience (UX) discovery with...