Get an overview of the book including a brief look at what’s coming up in each chapter. Set up your Figma design workspace and learn how to access the project files. Jump in and get started right away with a quick project.

Get an introduction to key tools in Figma like shapes, frames, sizing, alignment, colors and layers and apply your learnings to design a screen from scratch.

Trace over provided screenshots for two popular apps to study their layout and identify patterns and structures used to build them.

Learn about the importance of wireframing and how to incorporate it into your design process. Create wireframes of a few screens and their components and build a scaffold of the app flow by defining the navigation between screens.

Learn to build reusable components for common UI elements like buttons, toolbars and content cards. Incorporate sample text and image data for more realism. Leverage resuable components for faster iterations and to build more flexible designs.

Learn typography basics for communicating hierarchy, order and emphasis.

Gain an overview of color basics by learning common practices and creating palettes. Create visual styles for consistency throughout the app.

Explore the prototyping tools to create a full app walkthrough. Create different transitions between screens to communicate the relationship among elements.

Explore the collaboration tools to test designs on multiple devices and solicit feedback about the app goals and overall user experience.

Review the lessons learned and how to apply them when starting from scratch. Sources for inspiration and useful resources. Suggestions for continued learning and mastering design skills.

Review of the lessons learned and how to apply them when starting from scratch. Sources for inspiration and useful resources. Suggestions for continued learning and mastering design skills.