Chapter 12. Jo Learns the Real Process
Idea → spec → design system → mockups → code

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What you'll learn in this chapter
- Find and validate an idea by talking to real people, before building
- Write a detailed spec that Claude can build from without guessing
- Derive a design system from products your users already love
- Mock up every screen in every state, and test it with real users
- Turn those files into code, one screen at a time
Inside
- 12.1 Think of the idea, and validate it
- 12.2 Write a detailed spec
- 12.3 Create a design system from market research
- 12.4 Build design mockups
- 12.5 Code them into reality
- 12.6 Ship, measure, loop back
- Lab: the real process for QueueLess
- What you've learned
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