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Object-Oriented UI Design: How You Can Collaborate Seamlessly with Developers and Build Better Products

You're at your routine health checkup, sipping an iced coffee on a hot day. "You have brain freeze." Two completely different terms for the exact same thing, and one of them nearly gave you a panic attack.Designers and developers do this to each other all the time.

Object-Oriented UI Design: How You Can Collaborate Seamlessly with Developers and Build Better Products

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You're at your routine health checkup, sipping an iced coffee on a hot day.

You call it an "appointment," the developer calls it an "event," and the database calls it a "record." Everyon...

"You have brain freeze." Two completely different terms for the exact same thing, and one of them nearly gave you a panic attack.Designers and developers do this to each other all the time.

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You're at your routine health checkup, sipping an iced coffee on a hot day. "You have brain freeze." Two completely different terms for the exact same thing, and one of them nearly gave you a panic attack.Designers and developers do this to each other all the time. You call it an "appointment," the developer calls it an "event," and the database calls it a "record." Everyon...

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"You're experiencing sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia." Your heart sinks. Doctor speak," she says, noticing your panic.

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