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Important dev tools Prototyping (no-code)These tools can help to bootstrap your application design and development without requiring any programming:
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Tool for creating wireframes, mockups, and prototypes for user interfaces and user experiences
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Outputs documents and images that can be used for further development
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Platform for frame-based graphical UI design (i.e. wireframing)
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Easy to collaborate and hand-off UI work product outputs, including:
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Images
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Styles (CSS)
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“Starter” code for UI components (JavaScript/TypeScript)
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Figma-to-Code plugins (code generators)
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Figma-to-React integrations for other hosting platforms (e.g. AWS Amplify)
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“Free” for education: https://www.figma.com/education/
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Platform that allows you to visually build web applications and tools
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Great for creating working prototypes of services/tools
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Extend capability with custom code (javascript)
No-Code Meets Web Components
Prototyping (code)
For those who are comfortable in a notebook/lab coding environment, here are some tools to begin prototyping a web application project, some of which can be deployed and hosted for free:
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Open-source publishing system for creating articles, blogs, websites, etc.
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Simple to start a web project and host it on Github:
Rendering Quarto with Python from VS Code on a Mac -
Cloud-based platform for developing and deploying software
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Open-source Python library that makes it easy to transform Python scripts into interactive web apps
Come on your own or create a team. We encourage collaboration among attendees, so if you find a team or person with a valuable asset to support your idea/concept, feel free to team up when you arrive.