8 Less Is More in Design

Simplicity is a way of life for coders. While you may not see yourself as a designer, chances are that you will create many user interfaces in your coding career. Whether you need to create a visually appealing dashboard as a data scientist, an easy-to-use API as a database engineer, or a simple web frontend to fill data into a smart contract as a blockchain developer, knowing basic design principles will save the day for you and your team—and they’re easy to grasp, too! The design principles covered in this chapter are universal.

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