Tech Glossary
What is Prototype?
Prototypes is a tool for creating interactive prototypes of user flows and interfaces. With prototypes, you can test and evaluate different ideas and solutions before building them into the finished product. Prototypes are often part of a design process, where you iteratively create and test different solutions until you find one that works well. There are different tools for creating prototypes, both for creating interactive prototypes and for creating more static sketches. To create interactive prototypes tools like InVision, Marvel and Framer are often used, while for sketches tools like Sketch and Adobe XD are often used. Prototypes are complementary to other tools for testing and evaluating user flows, such as heuristic analysis and user testing. With prototypes, you can test different solutions to a problem and see how users react to them, and thus find the best solution.
