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Transcript
Patterns, Language, and the tale of the miLlioN dollar button
CSS Dev Conf • October 2017
I used to read WordUp magazine It was all a
dream
@snailbites Vincent Nalupta
T Living Style-Guide Design Language System The Cookbook
Design Masters Design APIs .btn {…} Style Guide Production Apps
Code Pen React NG Design APIs .btn {…}
Design Masters Design APIs .btn {…}
Language
• Sluggish delivery • Inconsistency • Communication CONCERNS
None
“Can we move this 5px down?”
There is a difference between a website and a picture
of a website.
Get to the final medium as quickly as possible Then
iterate.
None
None
$ $ …inset? % “Responsive Inset.” “Use section 3.” .u-section-3
None
• Translating is slow • Translating creates barriers • Translating
narrows our focus
% section inset 3 ' Section! $ $ …inset? .u-section-3
None
My name is Hov Allow me to reintroduce myself
RESEARCH
The process of getting from an abstract concept to a
spoken word. Lexical Retrieval
None
None
–Potter et. al, 1984, p. 14 “the surface difference between
pictures and words virtually disappears.”
None
• Have a Science Fair • Iterate together • Shared
language is powerful! language
I got you stuck off the realness.
$ Code
None
None
This System makes it easy to do great work
CSS is hard
Design System + Cascade
The million dollar button
• Organize into data objects • Write self-evident code •
Maintain a low specificity Tips!
From the first to the last of it delivery is
passionate
* Teams
Your customers sit rightnext to you.
OKRS
“How can designers and devs work better together?”
None
@snailbites Vincent Nalupta