Should UI/UX designers know how to code? My honest opinion as a Product Designer

Wondering if you need to learn how to code if you want to be a UI/UX Designer or a Product Designer? In this video, I share my thoughts on whether learning to code is necessary AND what you can do to improve your workflow if you don't know how to code. Thank you for subscribing!

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00:00 Intro
00:16 Should designers learn to code?
00:44 Will code knowledge make me a better designer?
2:12 What if you don't know how to code?
3:41 Ok but I wanna learn how to code!
4:23 Final thoughts

[nikitisza]

I think have a basic level of understanding how a website is structured, what building blocks are used is super useful. It's not necessary to know HTML & CSS to be an efficient UX designer, but it's highly valuable, so that when developers talk to us, we know what they are talking about 🙂 It certainly helped me to form good relationship with devs, so I'd highly encourage people to learn the basics.

[asharayub]

The way you get to the point while don't missing any points, and how well structured your videos are, I think you're highly underrated.

[poonehmohajer]

Your videos encourage me to start learning again. I've been studying since Jan but in April I went through so many things and last week I watched your videos and I decided to study again. Thank you very much.

[mariikthxbye]

i love how short and concise your videos are while still offering a lot of valuable information. thanks for posting!

[EliteOfTheRad]

I really enjoy your videos! They are helping me a lot as I start my journey learning about UX/UI design. I started getting into UX/UI after learning to code--coding interests my technical, academic side, while my artistic side is drawn to design. I think overall I enjoy UX/UI design more, because it aligns with my background in teaching and my degrees in anthropology.

[julesm]

I want to learn UX and Coding too :) you’re so inspirational!

[future_proof]

I stopped what I was doing to watch this video :) Great work as usual, Rachel. Congratulations on crossing 2k!!

[Lu_Lands]

Thank you. I really like the progress bar you have at the top! Nice idea!

[christinegunawan]

Thank you so much for sharing! Though, I came across many UI/UX job opening requirement emphasize on coding :") I hope what they mean is certain knowledge of coding and not to tell designer to code as well..

[itsjustpoorvi]

Thank you for this video ! I was wondering if I am not good enough as a designer who doesn't know ant HTML and CSS, but this helped me a lot .

[AshishSharma-xoig]

I completed that course in same month this video was uploaded.

[alexandretoledo]

Have just landed here and already subscribed!
Thanks for the videos!!!
Cheers from Rio de Janeiro!

[jarrettyew]

I used to be working in both designer and developer end. What I can say is designer comes up with the flow of the business requirement, while developer figures out how to make the flow happen (through what we call features). One is more on creative and another one is logic. If the person is good at both design and developer then he/she must have split personalities like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Stay away from them!

[megagearsx]

As someone who just started, earning Adobe Xd and UX design thus channel has been really helpful. Also it might just be me but I can't find the link for the code boot camp that you mentioned.

[fruitpunch]

My question is, how to keep my coding knowledge fresh when I don't particularly enjoy doing it? Like, i've done a couple of HTML/Javascript courses over the years at uni, but because so much time passes between me looking at code, I have hard time remembering how to do it? I feel like if you're going to do coding, you have to do it every day or there's not much point? Is there such thing as a 'casual' coder? I guess if I was in a UX role and had to check some code maybe once or twice a week that would be the ideal situation? Can't wait for my first role and thanks for the video :)

[anjalipahwa]

I was just thinking on this very topic..and ur video popped up

[franceslim]

relly enjoy your video! hope can have some video which sharing or teaching fingma for beginner~ I more foucsing on Adobe XD, but wish to learn figma~ however, i felt figma look about confuse for beinger~ ><

[tuyetanhnguythi]

Thanks so much for sharing!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[dylanwilliams]

Character In the video It's great, I like it a lot $$

[Pacpaczoo]

Communicate with all teams. include the developer 🔥🔥