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Comment by lelifer | Hacker News Reader

if u want to be a pro UI/UX designer, learn javascript (Kintetic, GSAP, backbone, famous, node and everything else that comes with node).

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Yes, because we all know what is important is code and learning design doesn't already take 6 years of school and practice learning and doing other things coders would never think of </sarcasm>.

If you want to code, then learn coding. But if you want to do design, you are going down a very different path and might not have the luxury of ever coding again (even if you know how).

...after you've learned the principles of UX.

UX is not something you learn its something you gain w/ experience with all theses technologies. its messing up and starting over again and implementing a better design than the previous gaining even more experience/methodologies. or at least that's the pro way of learning UX.

I partially agree. UX is something that comes with practice, but it isn't about technology. It's about a process for solving problems for people. The technology itself shouldn't matter, but it is good to know how things work in order to understand and communicate with your team.

UX is DX (developer experience).

Not all UX professionals are coders or start as coders. Some just understand UX principles / methodologies and how to apply them to solve design problems.

Also, UX isn't exclusive to software.

JavaScript is a programming language. How is that going to teach you anything about UI/UX?

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