Axure RP Pro overview
Axure RP Pro is the most advanced tool available
on the
market today
that allows to create highly interactive prototypes
without writing any
line of code. Graphical elements can also be
incorporated
very easily
without the need of a professional graphic designer involved. This
means saving a large amount of time and money and design
in the
most elegant way, by creating a fully functional prototype to
demonstrate how the final product
is intended to work and test it with real users. All the
process takes an incomparaby low amount of time compared with real
development, it can be easily handed by a single person or it can be
shared as in a real development platform, like .NET.
Axure RP Pro is an extremely powerful tool. In its upcoming 6th release, prototypes can include any type of Rich Internet Application, including AJAX-style patterns, drag and drop, expanding-collapsing panels, and so on. Axure can also manage variables and create conditional logic by applying simple alghorithms, so it's possible to simulate users authentication sessions, responsive forms, eCommerce checkout processes and so on.
Prototypes created with Axure can either look like hand-drawn wireframes in a sketchy style or simulate a graphic interface at a quite sophisticated level.
Axure RP Pro also allows to create annotations and export them as functional specifications, for the development team and/or key stakeholder to understand the behaviour of each single element on the page.
Axure RP Pro can also be used to create prototypes that simulate applications for mobile devices or any type of interfaces/device. The prototype can then be shared online and commented on by the stakeholders, remotely.
Axure is an outstanding software. It goes far beyond those tools that were once used by user interface designers, like Visio and Omnigraffle, because it has been created specifically as a prototyping software, rather than a generic diagramming tool.
See an example of what can be done with Axure RP Pro (does not include new Axure 6 features)
Here is a link to the Axure RP Pro corporate site
