I'm working with a small team that creates a proprietary web application and UX isn't much of a priority since our own people will be the ones operating it, but we do try to make their jobs easier.
Should I, as a developer, create a UI mockup before I start creating a new screen? Nothing too fancy, mostly the general layout in order to talk it over with colleagues and to have a reference model. I was comparing it to creating some UML diagrams before delving into writing code blindly.
One of my coworkers says this is preposterous and isn't my job to do that.
Best Answer
I very often work in such projects, and the answer is a resounding YES, and as early as possible.
People find it much easier to
criticizeimprove some draft than to come up with a solution from scratch. So I start drafting early for two reasons:In rare cases it was also nice to have some proof that I've actually delivered what we agreed on...