How We Shipped 60 Design System Components in 5 Weeks Using Figma as the Single Source of Truth
The article discusses the development of over 60 design system components in just five weeks using Figma as a central resource. It highlights the challenges of translating design specifications into code and introduces a tool called Figment to streamline this process. Figment aims to reduce human error by automating the translation of design tokens and ensuring that components are ready for review and deployment.
- ▪The design system implementation was estimated to take around 300 engineer-days but was completed in 35 days.
- ▪Figment was created to eliminate the need for engineers to manually interpret Figma files, reducing design drift.
- ▪The process involves a three-stage pipeline: token reconnaissance, token authoring, and deterministic component generation.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3953306) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Amrutha Kollu Posted on May 26 How We Shipped more than 60 Design System Components in 5 Weeks Using Figma as the Single Source of Truth #designsystem #react #typescript #figma We estimated 300 engineer-days. We shipped in 35 days with 3,077 tests and zero raw hex values. Here's the pipeline I built to make Figma the literal source of truth for our codebase. All front-end developers are familiar with that pain. A designer drops a Figma file. It is pixel-perfect.
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