Decentraland No-Code UI Design Studio This proposal has been ENACTED by a DAO Committee Member (0x88013d7ed946dd8292268a6ff69165a97a89a639) Vesting Contract Addresses: 0xc6b60ef661bc98363e52e0c280b9fd809cb49e4c

Decentraland No-Code UI Design Studio This proposal is now in status: PASSED. Voting Results: * Yes 63% 15,046,861 VP (77 votes) * No 1% 89,938 VP (5 votes) * Abstain 36% 8,514,691 VP (9 votes)

[quote="Bduge, post:20, topic:22064"] UI is likely the simplest aspect of development, especially considering the thorough documentation available. [/quote] i haven't used sdk7 much but at least in sdk6 that is absolutely not true. i've been doing webdev for more than 10 years and making UIs with the sdk6 was honestly in the top 10 of most frustrating things i've had to do

Cool deal yes this is a great idea

@OGContraBand it will be setup so you can copy and paste the code that the app gives you and put it into the SDK project

Yeah but can it be used with SDK or only in builder?

@Fehz thank you! your support means a lot :handshake:

I strongly endorse this proposal for several reasons: Firstly, it aims to address a concrete and circumscribed issue faced by the platform at present within the sphere of "ease of use for non-developer creators". Additionally, it aligns with other ongoing community projects in this regard. Moreover, the proposal provides a tangible solution, accompanied by a clear roadmap and a reasonable budget, and it is technically viable. I sincerely hope this proposal is approved. We require more initiatives like this one, focusing on improving the platform and enhancing ease of use, aiming for wider adoption. Good luck!

[quote="Mimsy, post:15, topic:22064"] Can you provide evidence to support your statements here? [/quote] I'm not the one requesting a grant; I think @szjanko should present evidence of UI challenges because that would be interesting to observe. I don't need to prove anything. UI is likely the simplest aspect of development, especially considering the thorough documentation available.

If developers struggle with creating UI, they should invest time in learning how to handle it instead of resorting to paying someone else for an easier solution. It's funny to witness creators who claim to be skilled and are also grantees supporting this, as it reveals their true abilities and lack of experience.

@NikkiFuego Thank you! I appreciate your support on this, will have to organize to include all of the dev teams for the alpha and beta testing phases (if this grant passes). Specially ones like Vroomway and others that will benefit from a tool like this for their SDK 7 conversions.

I am in high favor of this proposal. Personally, UI is something I have always struggled with both in SDK 6 and even more so in SDK 7. It always takes the longest time to code. This external tool would be extremely useful for Vroomway and other games with very dynamic interfaces in converting to SDK 7 and even expanding upon their current UI. As an art person, it takes me a fraction of the time to design it as it does to integrate it. Having the power to own this area free's up developers to work on more important things. I could see this tool being a great asset to new users and people like myself who do not have a coding background. We need to remember that these kinds of tools are what will make DCL on par with other building environments. Just because the SDK UI system is "easy" for "developers" doesn't mean that's "good". Building should be easy for **everyone**, period. I look forward to seeing this come to life and using it myself :pray:

Why did you vote no for my UI proposal? https://decentraland.org/governance/proposal/?id=4715e268-ec34-49c4-ae28-46dc52ab18b3

Can you provide evidence to support your statements here? What is your experience with coding in DCL, and do you have resources or guideance that make it so easy? It's an area many struggle with so maybe you have some guide or insight that the rest of us don't. I'm very interested in UI, and design almost all the UI elements used for the project I work with. However, I don't know code and haven't been successful at my attempts to learn code, and this is a huge barrier for me. Being able to develop a full thing and hand the code off to our dev team will eliminate a lot of time spent on uneeded stuff, not to mention elimate a lotttt of frustration on my side.

Current UI system is not easy, and it's not very user friendly. Usually there are tons of issues, starts from dynamic UI scaling according to different screen types and other weird buggy things. Idea of this proposal was written not out of nowhere and I really like it. I feel the pain of all developers who dealt with Decentraland UI.

If you are interested enough in adding an UI you probably already know how to do this in code and considering how easy it is there is absolutely no need to pay for this.

Love where you’re thinking with this. Just voted.

@lastraum thanks! and I see your point but technically it still allows someone that can't code to create UI for Decentraland. If they just send the code that the app gives them to a dev team then it is 100% no code solution, if they want to implement it themselves then that last step will require some code and I will provide a guide for that part. Maybe after I am done with this version of the app, we can team up to combine this tool into the builder tool so even that last step will be "no code"

Ok just wondering cool! I love the idea I just think the name no code is a little misrepresentative if you still have to code to use the tool

@lastraum Yes, if its just an individual using it for themselves and not just sending the code to a dev team, then it would require them copy and pasting the code into a coded scene.

Gotcha gotcha. So they will have to do some coding with copying and pasting code into a coded scene?

@lastraum The app will provide code that you can copy and paste into a DCL project. (example: a designer can put together the UI with this tool, that will be similar to tools that they are already familiar with, and then just copy and paste the code that the tool provides and send it over to the rest of the developer team) This will speed up the development process of larger dev teams that need UI work done. For the last part of the grants timeline, I will also be putting documentation together, where I will also include a detailed guide on how an individual can copy this code and use it in a Decentraland project. That part would require some coding but a guide will be provided.

@Mimsy Working with you for the past year coding some of the UI for Knights of Antrom, based off the designs that you sent to me, is actually part of what inspired me to create this idea/grant! I think it will be very useful and help development teams speed up the process of creating UI for DCL scenes.

Ah gotcha. So will you have to code to bring it into your scene? How do you go from external web app to dcl scene without coding?

I have had the absolute pleasure of watching szjanko learn how to develop in DCL over the last year. He has put in many hours learning how to not only code in DCL, but understand how to do so in a way that allows him to help others. As someone who is not a developer, I've benefited many times from szjanko's knowledge. He is always willing to answer a question, explain a concept, and then explain it again a different way until I get what these devs are talking about 😅 This tool will be super beneficial to DCL because the current ways to develop custom UI are extremely inaccessible to those who don't have an in-depth understanding of code. The roadmap and milestones cover a variety of elements for a variety of purposes making it applicable to many users despite having different goals and ability levels. I also appreciate how there is ample time allocated to testing and community feedback throughout development.