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Wireframe to Code at the Speed of Thought

Wireframe to Code at the Speed of Thought

Learn how to fast track UI design based on textual descriptions and include accessibility and usability recommendations with Amazon Q Developer

Jyothi Goudar
Amazon Employee
Published Feb 13, 2025
Agile development teams, document feature and functionality planning in the form of user stories: Lets take a simple user story to create a user registration form– “As a new user I want to create an account on the website so I can access its features. Acceptance Criteria: The registration form should include full name, email address, username, password, date of birth, and checkbox to agree to the terms. The form should validate inputs".
This story is then broken down into tasks and assigned to the team. Typical tasks for this form will include wire framing and prototyping, HTML coding, accessibility considerations, refinement and testing. This effort is usually estimated anywhere between ~1 – 2 days . Let us see how we can do the same in minutes using Amazon Q Developer!
Steps to implement:
  1. Generate wireframe
  2. Generate code for the wireframe design
  3. Add accessibility features - ensuring mobile-friendly design and adding ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) labels
Step 1 : Open Amazon Q Developer in your IDE and in the chat window type in the prompt based on user story – “create a wireframe for a simple user registration form. The registration form should include full name, email address, username, password, date of birth, and checkbox to agree to terms.”
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Step 2: Create code to implement the wireframe design - in Amazon Q Developer prompt: "create this design using code”
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Step 3: User accessibility in UX design is essential because it ensures digital products are usable by everyone, regardless of their abilities, while also meeting legal requirements and expanding market reach. ARIA labels are used in HTML to enhance accessibility for users who rely on assistive technologies like screen readers. By using ARIA attributes, developers can bridge the gap between complex modern web applications and assistive technologies, ensuring that interactive elements, live updates, and custom widgets are properly conveyed to all users, regardless of their abilities or the devices they use.
To add enhanced responsiveness and user accessibility, in the Amazon Q Developer, run the prompt – “include responsiveness and accessibility into this code”. The generated code will have accessibility improvements like ARIA labels and descriptions, error message announcements, focus indicators, improved color contrast, skip link for keyboard users, keyboard navigation support. It will also include responsive enhancements like mobile-first approach, fluid typography, flexible padding, date inputs and improved input spacing on small screens.
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The final User Registration form will look as shown below
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All of this done and ready in 15 minutes! Using Amazon Q to create wireframes and generate HTML code has proven to be an incredibly efficient and user-friendly process. Amazon Q's ability to quickly understand design requirements and translate them into visual mockups saves countless hours of manual work. Furthermore, the seamless transition from wireframes to functional HTML code streamlines the development process, allowing designers and developers to iterate and refine their ideas rapidly. This powerful tool not only accelerates project timelines but also empowers individuals with varying levels of technical expertise to bring their web design visions to life.
Amazon Q is revolutionizing the way we approach web design and development, making the process more accessible and productive than ever before.
Welcome to Wireframe to Code at the Speed of Thought! Happy coding !
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