What is prototyping?

A prototype is an early sample or model built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from.

Prototypes:

• Are often made quickly
• Are good for testing ideas
• Are not necessarily pretty
• Are not permanent

Prototypes are NOT

A first iteration of a project

Current Prototyping Tools

• Balsamiq
• Justinmind
• Proto.io

Let's see what you can do with those!

Psh, forget that!

Let's do it all in JavaScript!

(and HTML/CSS)

Toolkit

• Git
• npm
• Heroku Account

Demo

Cheat to win!

npm install -g express

express [appname]

My prototype

Neighboards
Also on GitHub

It's not the best thing ever

Because that's not the point.

I wanted feedback:

I learned a lot about my proposed designs

And it wasn't that hard

And I don't think it'd be hard for you either

Because it's just JavaScript