Introducing HCI and UX Design

Learn Human-Computer Interaction is a starting place for considering and thinking about people (humans), technology (computers), and how we interact. We will discuss a wide set of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) topics that address how to design, build (code), and test the vast amounts of software that ultimately run the world. Throughout this chapter, you will be introduced to the foundations of HCI, which will set the stage for growing your skills and joining HCI practitioners on software design teams. 

The topics you will learn about in this chapter are as follows:

• Prologue
• Introducing HCI and UX design
• Why HCI?
• Exploring HCI jargon and their acronyms
• Exploring the history of computers
• Evolving from a T-person into a π person
• The author's perspective 
• The HCI professions
  
• Self-guided questions