Human-computer interaction : fundamentals and practice / Gerard Jounghyun Kim

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Specific HCI guidelines -- 3. Human factors as HCI theories -- 4. HCI design -- 5. User interface layer -- 6. UI development toolkit -- 7. Interactive system development framework -- 8. User interface evaluation -- 9. Future of HCI.

Although life continues to become increasingly embedded with interactive computing services that make our lives easier, human-computer interaction (HCI) has not been given the attention it deserves in the education of software developers at the undergraduate level. Most entry-level HCI textbooks are structured around high-level concepts and are not directly tied to the software development process. Filling this need, Human-Computer Interaction: Fundamentals and Practice supplies an accessible introduction to the entire cycle of HCI design and implementation―explaining the core HCI concepts behind each step. Designed around the overall development cycle for an interactive software product, it starts off by covering the fundamentals behind HCI. The text then quickly goes into the application of this knowledge. It covers the forming of HCI requirements, modeling the interaction process, designing the interface, implementing the resulting design, and evaluating the implemented product.