THAT Conf 2021

Opportunity, documentation, and making the tech approachable are all core principles for onboarding any new platform into any size organization. How can we make it easy for new devs to consume? How could we make it easy for new devs to contribute? Design has a pivotal role in this as well. The speed at which new or updated features and experiences are shipped is critical to business success.

In this talk, I want to share the experience our teams had with building a new design system during one of the most critical times in our history. I will discuss how we are leveraging a technology that most were unwilling to consider and using this as an opportunity to shape a new and innovative future for the org.

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1. Bridge
   the gap
   HTML
   Web Components
   

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2. Opinions expressed are my
   own, and not specifically the
   opinions of my employer
   

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6. @anotheruiguy
   Dale Sande | Principal Engineer
   

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7. @anotheruiguy
   Dale Sande | Principal Engineer
   

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8. Bridge
   the gap
   HTML
   Web Components
   

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9. You…
   HTML custom elements, 

   design system,
   design/product lead development
   Other teams
   (aka customers)
   THE GAP…
   is real!
   

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10. what’s the problem?
    So…
    But, make it simple for me :)
    

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11. != 3x
    

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13. !=
    v1.1
    2x
    1x
    

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18. You fought for change
    So…
    now do the work
    

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22. 2020
    This is the
    year to KICK IT!
    

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23. zero sum === shift the balance

    (take no risks)
    

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24. This talk is not normal!

    

    2020 was not normal!

    

    Where we are now 

    is not normal!
    

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28. ME
    Peers who would not let me fail
    

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29. How do you build CEs?
    So…
    Let’s look at the docs
    

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31. That’s a lot to learn…
    Wow…
    Is there an easier way?
    

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35. Dude… I already know React!
    You say I ‘need’ to learn ‘that’ so 

    that people who don’t use React

    will use my components?
    Nope.
    

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36. Now what?
    Sh!t…
    

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38. Building CEs is hard
    I am a lazy dev…
    do you have a generator, docs, support?
    

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44. A generator sets up new 

    devs for success with

    guardrails, & links to 

    documentation, 

    communication 

    and support.
    

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52. No CE lives in a vacuum
    Hold up…
    How does this work?
    

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55. Tokens
    WCSS
    Icons
    CEs
    

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58. Tokens
    WCSS
    Icons
    CEs
    

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60. Tokens
    WCSS
    Icons
    CEs
    

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62. Tokens
    WCSS
    Icons
    CEs
    

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65. Value, Opportunity
    and lots of education
    Illustrating
    Providing
    

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68. How to you use CEs?
    Nice architecture…
    If there is a giant config, I will scream!
    

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69. –super smart engineer
    “HTML custom elements are… just HTML o_O”
    

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74. –super smart engineer
    “Anywhere you can use HTML, 

    you can use HTML custom elements”
    

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78. Lit 2.0 supports SSR; 

    any CE built with Lit
    will work inside a
    Svelte project
    

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79. React is still slightly a
    pain in the ass

    

    You can SHIP CEs in
    React, `rel` is your friend 

    Lit 2.0 support easy-to-
    buld React wrappers
    

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80. If you like Vue
    then
    you will love
    HTML tagged
    template literals
    

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81. CEs work in
    Angular.
    Make Angular dev
    better by NOT
    using Angular :)
    

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82. Let’s see something
    Nice talk…
    I mean, something big!
    

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86. – Some Managing Director
    “This ‘flight status’ view, how do I say… SUCKS!”
    

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87. – Super Smart Designer and Engineer
    “What do we get for free? 

    And, what do we have to design/build?”
    

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89. – Super Smart Product Owner
    “What do I get for free? 

    And, what will cost me?”
    

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95. – Super Smart Product Owner
    “This is amazing… where is this

    list of free stuff?”
    

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98. – Concerned Product Owner
    “Who builds all this stuff?”
    

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104. The bridge is long
     In conclusion…
     But the gap is now short
     

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107. “Thanks!”
     

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108. “Thanks!”
     @anotheruiguy
     Dale Sande | Principal Engineer
     
     Auro Design System
     

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