Difference between UI/UX Designer and UI/UX Engineer
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So, this time we have come up with a frequently asked question that most of us have in mind…
Are UI/UX designers and UI/UX engineers the same? Is UI&UX similar? What are their functions to be precise? And how do they work?
Why wait then? Let’s get going!!
Firstly, UI stands for User Interface while UX stands for User Experience.
Let me tell you that there is a big misconception that both the UX & UI are one and the same thing. They are highly related though, but are different from each other.
UI involves designing aspect while UX relates to analysis and technical aspects. There are many differences between UI/UX designer and UI/UX engineer even though they are likely to work together in a company.
In short, the role of UI/UX designer is to research and design while the role of UI/UX engineer is to design and code it out.
Both the UI/UX professionals deal with the front-end development.
UI/UX Designer:
The best way to understand the difference between UI/UX designer and UI/UX developer is to understand the skill set they need to possess. Understanding and analyzing the needs of the users is the priority in both the departments be it for UX or for UI. Other common aspects involve;
- Formulating the concept.
- Designing the idea that users will love to use.
- Thus, a thorough understanding & research of online users’ behaviors, psychology needs to be taken care of.
For a UI/UX designer, the next skill set is more quite imperative and is related to graphic designing.
A UI/UX designer needs to know all the industrial-standard design tools, especially the ones that are commonly used. They should have a complete idea about the professional designing process.
UI/UX Engineer:
The UI/UX engineer collaborates with the UI/UX designer to create the wireframe and also understand the thought process, the concepts and reasons behind all the designs.
He has to pay attention to the fact the design looks good and it is functional on all browsers or operating systems.
A UI/UX designer may not have any idea of whatever he is designing will work on all browsers or not and hence, the collaboration is effective to make the final design that works for the UI/UX engineer as well as the application developer.
After the collaboration is done, it is the duty of the engineer to translate the wireframes and all the concepts into the practical output. Therefore, apart from having a design skill set, he needs to know the programming languages used to design the front-end of any application.
Among the front-end programming languages, HTML+JS+CSS are a must and then it depends on the application as well as the technology the company uses for the front-end development.
Most of the times it may also depend on the requirement of the clients.
Sometimes, the job of turning wireframes into HTML layouts is done by UI. The UX designer and the UI/UX developer fine tunes them so that the application developer can start developing the back-end and integrate with the front-end seamlessly.
He/she has to keep in mind how the designs of front-end he/she is doing are going to behave in different browsers. How much time it will take to uploading, how many resources it will consume and how the users will respond and much more.
Conclusion:
A UI/UX designer is more concerned with the look and feel of the interface. He/she is into customer surveying, user analysis, and then undergoes with the design research of the competitors that leads to him/her conceptualizing the design ideas.
After that, the designer is concerned with the branding and graphics development.
On the other hand, a UI/UX engineer is concerned with responsiveness and interactivity. The first thing he pays attention to is UI prototyping. In technical terms, the job description of UI/UX designer is research, information design, and visual design.
The job description of UI/UX engineer is visual design, interactive design, and front-end development. Due to the front-end part, the pay of UI/UX engineers is more than UI/UX designer based on similar years of experience.
References:
https://asinthecity.com/2011/11/10/the-difference-between-a-ux-designer-and-ui-developer/
https://www.delimp.com/main-difference-between-ux-ui-designer-and-ux-ui-engineer/
