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Delivering Flexible Cross Platform
Design Systems
Delivering
Flexible
Cross Platform
Design Systems
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Who am I?
Just
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SENIOR DIR., UX PLATFORM
GoDaddy
ON THE INTERNET THEY CALL ME @INDEXZERO
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UX Platform?
…?
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cross cutting
All of our
technology
user experience
A BIT MORE THAN JUST OUR DESIGN SYSTEM
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UXCore2
Our design system
ABOUT 50 COMPONENTS
REACT BASED
OVER 100 CONTRIBUTORS
STARTED IN LATE 2015
SUPPORTS REACT NATIVE
~40% OF FRONT END ENGINEERS
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LET’S BREAKDOWN
THE PROBLEM
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Delivering
Flexible
Cross Platform
Design Systems
Design Systems
Cross Platform
Flexible
Delivering
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Delivering
Flexible
Cross Platform
Design Systems
Design Systems
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ELEMENTS
of a
DESIGN SYSTEM
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‘sub-atomic’
First off the
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‘sub-atomic’
First off the
atomic design
of
COLOR PALETTE, TYPOGRAPHY, SPACING, “VOICE”
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COMPONENTS
ATOMS & MOLECULES OF ATOMIC DESIGN
Lots of
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LIVING DOCUMENTATION
all disciplines
for
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LIVING DOCUMENTATION
all disciplines
for
ENGINEERS
TECHNICAL WRITERS
DESIGNERS
CONTRIBUTORS
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CONSIDER EVEN A SIMPLE BUTTON COMPONENT
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CONSIDER EVEN A SIMPLE BUTTON COMPONENT
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CONSIDER EVEN A SIMPLE BUTTON COMPONENT
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WORKFLOWS
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governance of
system extensibility
The
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Delivering
Flexible
Cross Platform
Design Systems
Cross Platform
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BEHOLD…
THE GLORIOUS INTERTUBES!
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BEHOLD…
THE GLORIOUS INTERTUBES!
WEB (OF COURSE)
MOBILE WEB
NATIVE MOBILE APPS
NOT TO MENTION PRINT & VIDEO
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RESPONSIVE
DESIGN
Assuming of course
…yeah? Not up for debate, right?
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REACT
and
REACT
NATIVE
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STYLES
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STYLES
CSS? INLINE STYLES?
DO YOU NEED BOTH?
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IS SEEMS THAT
IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
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native mobile
mimic
styles
religiously?
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NO
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Well
MAYBE
IT DEPENDS. YMMV.
NO
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CONSIDER A DROPDOWN ON WEB & MOBILE (REACT NATIVE)
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‘intuitive
familiar’
equals
Raskin, ‘94
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Delivering
Flexible
Cross Platform
Design Systems
Flexible
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RESPONSIVE
DESIGN
We already said
… FLEX(BOX)IBLE
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FEATURES
HOW MANY IS “TOO MANY”?
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are you
one brand?
many?
or
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λ-CALCULUS OF COLOR SELECTION
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λ-CALCULUS OF COLOR SELECTION
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λ-CALCULUS OF COLOR SELECTION
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λ-CALCULUS OF COLOR SELECTION
WHAT IF A BRAND WANTS TO USE “SECONDARY” FOR “PRIMARY” BUTTON?
MORE BUTTON-SPECIFIC VARIABLES FOR REBINDING
In λ-calculus this is an “α-conversion”
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Flexible
Cross Platform
Design Systems
Delivering
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STAGES
of
DELIVERY
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DEVELOP
& PUBLISH
& PROMOTE
& MAINTAIN
& ROLLOUT
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DEVELOP
WHERE WORKFLOW IS KING
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EASY
Make it
contributors
for any new
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ENTRY POINT
Treat every
a
FIRST INTERACTION
as though
IT COULD BE
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small module
the
most easily
is
understood
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monorepo
Using a
diligence
requires
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monorepo
Using a
YOUR PACKAGES/**/README.MD STILL MATTERS!
diligence
requires
AND –– npm home your-package
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Use
Storybook
(cross platform is still a little rough)
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Use
Storybook
(cross platform is still a little rough)
storybook
Just use
color me
seriously
impressed
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HAVE
an
EXAMPLE
STRUCTURE
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imagine
Now
25+ examples
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EXACTLY
WHAT’S A BETTER APPROACH?
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AS SIMPLE
possible with
as
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AS SIMPLE
possible with
as
CLEAR REQUIRE / IMPORT USAGE
DESIGN DOCUMENTATION
PLATFORM SPECIFIC EXAMPLES
ZERO CONFIG, SANE DEFAULTS
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CHECK BACK IN ABOUT SIX WEEKS ^_^
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PUBLISH
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
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PRODUCTION
begins at
PUBLISH TIME
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can break
publishing
NPM INSTALL & UNIT TESTS
UPSTREAM BUILD TOOLCHAINS
REACT NATIVE APPS
MISCONFIGURED CONSUMERS
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PROMOTE
... CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENT
AND THE NATURE OF DESIGN SYSTEMS
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too many unknowns
there are simply
…WHEN OPERATING AT
LARGE ENOUGH SCALE ANYWAY
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Let’s
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Let’s
ROLLOUT
TO PRODUCTION!
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WARNING: CONSUMER BUNDLES SHOULD
NOT INCLUDE YOUR DESIGN SYSTEM OR
DEPENDENCIES THAT CHANGE INFREQUENTLY
PLEASE BE ADVISED.
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vendor
bundle
USE A
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There should only be
one true version
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There should only be
one true version
design system
of your
in production
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webpack
externals
EXPOSE
and
version them
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webpack
externals?
WHAT ARE
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ANY ORDINARY WEBPACK BUNDLE
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ANY ORDINARY WEBPACK BUNDLE
MODULE LOADER – THE “FACTORY”
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ANY ORDINARY WEBPACK BUNDLE
MODULE LOADER – THE “FACTORY”
MODULE 0
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ANY ORDINARY WEBPACK BUNDLE
MODULE LOADER – THE “FACTORY”
MODULE 0
module.exports = /* module 0’s code */
Your computer
npm publish
your design system
all your users
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Your computer
npm publish
Warehouse.ai
your design system
all your users
new
request
versions
every Xm
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MAINTAIN
FIXING FIRES BEFORE THEY HAPPEN
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DEVOPS
WHEN THINGS DON’T GO AS PLANNED
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FAILOVER
CACHING
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YOU MUST
have a
ROLLBACK
PLAN
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warehouse.ai
Using
npm dist-tag add @your/package@1.2.3 prod
makes this trivial
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warehouse.ai
Using
npm dist-tag add @your/package@1.2.3 prod
makes this trivial
... TRY IT OUT!
HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/GODADDY/WAREHOUSE.AI
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HYGIENE
PAYING TECHNICAL DEBT
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... YOU CAN’T AVOID IT
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... YOU CAN’T AVOID IT
WARNING: ON A LONG ENOUGH TIMELINE,
IF LEFT UNCHECKED ALL SOFTWARE WILL
CRUMBLE FROM TECHNICAL DEBT
PLEASE BE ADVISED.
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UPGRADING TO NEW VERSIONS: REACT, BABEL, WEBPACK, ETC.
REMOVING DEPRECATED APIS E.G. componentWillReceiveProps, etc.
USING LATEST APIS – E.G. PORTALS, REACT@16 CONTEXT, etc.
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IT ADDS UP
QUICKLY
UPGRADING TO NEW VERSIONS: REACT, BABEL, WEBPACK, ETC.
REMOVING DEPRECATED APIS E.G. componentWillReceiveProps, etc.
USING LATEST APIS – E.G. PORTALS, REACT@16 CONTEXT, etc.
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