The design system revolution of the last decade has brought with it all sorts of tools and strategies to enhance product development workflows. Design tokens are one of those tools many design systems, including Google’s Material Design 3 and MUI, have adopted to make UI elements easier to implement, manage, and update. Announcement: UXPin’s design
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Design System Documentation in 9 Easy Steps
Design systems provide you with a complete set of standards to enhance and manage your design efforts – from beginning to end. But in order to build and maintain a functional design system, first, you’ll have to commit time and effort before enjoying the benefits of a well-oiled design machine. Looking for a design system
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These Storybook Examples Will Inspire Your Component Library
Now that UXPin has a Storybook integration that breaks down design-dev inconsistencies and makes it easier than ever to manage your UI components library, you might want to take some time to look at Storybook examples. Plenty of world-renowned websites use Storybook. Look at some of the best Storybook examples that you can use as
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What is a Prototype? A Guide to Functional UX
A prototype is an early model or simulation of a product used to test and validate ideas before full-scale production. Prototypes vary in fidelity from simple sketches of a user interface to fully interactive digital models that resemble the final product. They serve to gather user feedback, identify usability issues, and refine design concepts, helping
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React Best Practices – A 10-Point Guide
React, the popular JavaScript library for building user interfaces, has revolutionized web development. Most of you are no stranger to its power and flexibility. But, how can you elevate your React game and ensure your projects are easy to maintain and scale? That’s where this article with React best practices comes into play. In this
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7 Great Design System Management Tools
Design system tools help drive adoption while making it easier to scale and maintain. With so many options on the market, how do you know which one is right for your product? Having worked with design tools for over a decade, we’ve put together seven of the best design system tools–including solutions for both: designers
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What are Interactive Components? Bring your Prototypes to Life in UXPin
Interactions are vital for prototyping because they provide usability participants and stakeholders with a realistic user experience. The problem many designers have is building interactive components is time-consuming, and the results are underwhelming in most design tools. Discover component-driven prototyping with UXPin Merge and how you can use interactive components to create fully functional prototypes
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Components in Figma vs UXPin (+ Other Design Tools)
Components are a fundamental aspect of modern UI design tools, enabling designers to create reusable elements that maintain consistency across projects. While both UXPin and Figma offer robust component systems, they have distinct differences in functionality, flexibility, and integration with other tools. This post will explore these differences, helping you decide which platform might be
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Creating a Design System in UXPin – The 3-Minute Guide
In 2016, we did an intense user research campaign. After 40+ interviews with design and engineering leaders and a survey of 3,100+ designers and developers, we concluded traditional design tools aren’t good enough to serve modern product development. Workflows are too fragmented, disconnected, and unfocused. Design system tools must be a complete hub for design
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MVP Software Development – How to Build an MVP
When it comes to building a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), the goal is simple: deliver value to users as quickly and efficiently as possible. As a technical designer with coding skills, I’ve seen firsthand how the right approach can turn an idea into a market-ready product. With the increasing complexity of digital products, it’s more
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How to Create an App out of a Website
Turning a website into an application involves adapting and extending the functionalities and design of the website to fit the framework and user expectations of a mobile, desktop or web app. Let’s see how to make website an app, when is the right time to do so, and which websites became apps. Design on-brand and
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Tailwind Best Practices to Follow in 2024
Most front-end developers constantly seek ways to streamline our workflows and craft responsive, aesthetically pleasing websites. Tailwind CSS, with its utility-first approach, has emerged as a powerful tool to do just that – build website interfaces. If you’re looking to optimize your use of Tailwind, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, we’ll
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UXPin Merge Course Review – What People Think
Code-to-design tech seems daunting to you? Don’t worry. We created a mini-series in which Rachel, a skilled teacher of frontend courses, shows you how to design an interface with our code-to-design technology – UXPin Merge. This blog post will provide you with an exhaustive review of this tutorial series, breaking down its strengths and key
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Top 6 Figma Competitors that Product Teams Use
Figma is a powerful web-based design tool that has become designer’s favorite as it allows to create, collaborate on, and share user interface designs in real-time. Founded in 2012 by Dylan Field and Evan Wallace, Figma has grown to become one of the leading tools in the design industry due to its unique features and
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Design a System of Icons With These Techniques
Little icons have a big job. With limited real estate, they must convey meaning to people who expect to be informed about function or status. Maybe that’s why thousands of icons sets exist, many for free. But there’s nothing quite like making your own. Project-specific icons help the project to stand apart and convey meaning
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