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Native, Flutter or React Native: How to Choose Technology in Mobile App? — Selçuk Aker

Native, Flutter or React Native: How to Choose Technology in Mobile App?

When choosing mobile application technology, it is not enough to look only at the development language. Device features, current team, design expectation and maintenance plan should be evaluated together. Native, Flutter and React Native options may make sense in different circumstances of the same project.

PWA or Mobile App? Decide Based on Your Customer's Business — Selçuk Aker

PWA or Mobile App? Decide Based on Your Customer's Business

PWA is a web experience that can offer application features such as installability in environments developed and supported by web technologies. When deciding between a mobile application and a PWA, it is necessary to evaluate not only the budget, but also how the customer will access the product and what work he will do.

Backend and API in Mobile Application: What Should the User See When the Connection is Lost? — Selçuk Aker

Backend and API in Mobile Application: What Should the User See When the Connection is Lost?

Communication of the mobile application with the server is not the sole concern of the developer. It should be designed what the user will see when data does not arrive, the session is closed, or the result of the operation remains unclear. Backend and API decisions are therefore considered together with the interface plan.

Deliverables to Look for in a Proposal When Selecting a Mobile Application Developer — Selçuk Aker

Deliverables to Look for in a Proposal When Selecting a Mobile Application Developer

When choosing a mobile application developer, it is not enough for the screens in the portfolio to look beautiful. Working product, design file, server infrastructure and maintenance are different deliverables. When the bid does not show this distinction, the works purchased may be different even if prices appear similar.

A Guide for Working with a UI/UX Designer for Mobile Application Developers — Selçuk Aker

A Guide for Working with a UI/UX Designer for Mobile Application Developers

A good design delivery for a mobile application developer does not only consist of screens with certain dimensions. Interaction rules, component states, and explicit decisions should also be shared. The working order to be established with the UI/UX designer aims to reduce repeated product decision-making while writing code.

How to Preserve Old Links and Content When Renewing a Website? — Selçuk Aker

How to Preserve Old Links and Content When Renewing a Website?

Renewing a website is not just about changing colors and screens. Old links, service descriptions, and user-familiar paths need to be mapped to the new structure. When working with a freelance web designer, discuss the content and URL migration plan as well as the design scope.

Page Title, Meta Description and Image: SEO Content Control for the Designer — Selçuk Aker

Page Title, Meta Description and Image: SEO Content Control for the Designer

What a web page says; There should be consistency between title, description, content and image. For SEO, it is necessary to clarify which question the page answers instead of adding keywords to every space. The graphic designer works with the technical application in preparing the visible layout of this information and the associated visual assets.

Web and UI UX Design with Artificial Intelligence: Screenshots Are Not Experience — Selçuk Aker

Web and UI UX Design with Artificial Intelligence: Screenshots Are Not Experience

How to control flow, error conditions and usability when preparing a website and mobile interface with artificial intelligence? Practical example for students.

Turning User Research into Screen Decisions — Selçuk Aker

Turning User Research into Screen Decisions

User research gains meaning through product decisions to be made after the interviews are completed.

What Decisions Should Be Tested in Wireframe and Prototype? — Selçuk Aker

What Decisions Should Be Tested in Wireframe and Prototype?

Wireframe and prototype do not do the same job.

What Should Be Included with the Components in Design System Delivery? — Selçuk Aker

What Should Be Included with the Components in Design System Delivery?

The design system doesn't just consist of buttons with the same appearance.

Conversion-Focused Web Design: Hidden Problems of Your Site — Selçuk Aker

Conversion-Focused Web Design: Hidden Problems of Your Site

Do you have a website but no sales? With my 19 years of UI/UX experience from Istanbul, I examine 7 critical mistakes that are overlooked in conversion-oriented web design.…

From Wireframe to Prototype: Why Does User Testing Make Money? — Selçuk Aker

From Wireframe to Prototype: Why Does User Testing Make Money?

Why shouldn't wireframe, prototype and user testing be skipped during the design process? How do early testing teams save both time and money?

What is a Design System and Why Does Your Brand Need It? — Selçuk Aker

What is a Design System and Why Does Your Brand Need It?

What is a design system, what does it do and when is it worth investing in? A comprehensive introduction to design tokens from the component library.

Professional UI Design Process with Figma: From Start to Finish — Selçuk Aker

Professional UI Design Process with Figma: From Start to Finish

How does a professional UI design process work in Figma? A practical look at components, auto layout, design tokens and developer submission.

User Interface (UI) Design: The Most Important Building Block of Digital Products — Selçuk Aker

User Interface (UI) Design: The Most Important Building Block of Digital Products

User interface design is the first and strongest point of contact that digital products establish with the user.

UI Design in Türkiye — Selçuk Aker

UI Design in Türkiye

The digital design ecosystem in Türkiye is maturing rapidly; So what is the distance between us and world standards?

Take Your Project to the Next Level with an Experienced Graphic Designer — Selçuk Aker

Take Your Project to the Next Level with an Experienced Graphic Designer

On the role of the art director in digital projects and the tangible value that experience adds to the project.

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