All posts tagged with 'design system'
The architecture of FreeStyle, our design system
We embarked on a journey to create a design system at FreeAgent over 2 years ago. In this blog post I will describe how we structure our design system code and how it’s being used across different codebases. Technologies we use Our main design system consumer is the FreeAgent web application, a Ruby on Rails application. As a result, we write our components using the Ruby on Rails ViewComponent framework… Continue reading
CSS Day conference, June 2022
In early June 2022, Laurence and Ryan from our Design System team visited Amsterdam for CSS Day. Here, they reflect on an inspiring two days of learning and community. Continue reading
Hiding Elements on the Web
For many of us the word hiding has visual connotations. But remember that the web is perceived both visually and non-visually. In this talk, Laurence Hughes from our Design System team explains that hiding is a tricky front-end development technique, used for both user interface experiences and accessibility-related purposes. He also provides some tips on how we can avoid doing DIY hiding completely. https://youtu.be/AZ6uw4KCOQA Continue reading