Design Systems with Brad Frost

In this revisited supper club episode, Wes and Scott talk with Brad Frost about how to implement design systems in small and large scale projects, best practices around naming things, keeping everything in sync across different codebases, and how design systems help projects. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:49 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 01:14 Introducing Brad Frost. 06:26 What is a design system? 11:48 How do you keep design and code in sync? 15:52 How do you use Shopify, WordPress, React, etc. through a design system? 19:19 How is CSS handled? 25:19 What's the benefit of going all in on web components? 28:49 Do small startups need to worry about design systems? 32:36 How do design tokens work? 37:38 How do you deal with pushback on design systems? 41:05 How do you go outside the guidelines? 44:52 What system do you use for naming things? 49:06 How do you best document your language choices? 50:41 Supper Club questions. 57:12 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. All links available at https://syntax.fm/770 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hit us up on Socials! Scott: https://twitter.com/stolinski Wes: https://twitter.com/wesbos Randy: https://www.youtube.com/@randyrektor Syntax: https://twitter.com/syntaxfm http://www.syntax.fm Brought to you by Sentry.io #webdevelopment #webdeveloper #javascript