As a web developer, you may have heard of React, a popular JavaScript library for building user interfaces. One of the key features of React is its component-based architecture, which allows you to break down your user interface into reusable and independent building blocks called components. In this article, we will explore two types of
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Ant Design is a popular design system for developing enterprise products. The comprehensive component library has everything product teams need to solve most modern B2B design problems. Key takeaways: With UXPin Merge, design teams can import Ant Design UI components to build fully functioning prototypes. This article outlines the benefits of working with Ant Design,
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Converting designs into functional React code is a pivotal step that often comes with challenges such as misinterpretation, inefficiency, and inconsistency. Emerging technologies like UXPin’s Merge aim to streamline this antiquated process by facilitating a code-to-design workflow, allowing you to design with React components. Key takeaways: Design with React code using an intuitive design interface
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Traditionally, any software project called for a high upfront investment and an expert team, who would spend months on creating code. Fast forward to today, and the software development process has become much more accessible, with solutions like low code keeping the need for manual coding at a minimum. In this piece, we look at
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Storybook has become THE DevOps tool for developing and maintaining design systems. The platform’s excellent documentation, intuitive UI, built-in testing, and collaborative features make it the perfect tool for building and releasing components. Understanding how Storybook works can help designers collaborate with front-end devs better and leverage the platform’s features to improve prototyping and testing.
HTML is a markup language while React is a JavaScript library. Both are used in front-end development and you might have heard about them while designing websites or web apps. Without further ado, let’s see what’s the difference between HTML and React. Key takeaways: Create React app design much faster with UXPin. Bring real React
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Most developers can create their first React apps rather quickly because they already have experience using JavaScript. Let’s see how the two are related, what you need to build your first React app, and how to practice React. Key takeaways: Speed up development of your first React app with UXPin’s Merge technology. Bring React components
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Prioritizing user experience and functionality has reshaped how we approach software creation, leading to the rise of design-driven development (DDD). This approach isn’t about aesthetics–it’s about understanding, empathizing, and delivering solutions that resonate with end users. Key takeaways: UXPin’s Merge technology bridges the design-development gap, enhancing collaboration and facilitating realistic, user-centric prototyping. Deliver design-driven products
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Learning React for designers–is it necessary? Can you build code prototypes without learning to code? These are common questions among product development teams and designers. Most designers don’t want to learn to code. Learning React or even the basics of HTML, CSS, and Javascript takes a lot of time. A designer’s time is better spent
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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. Import your design
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React is a JavaScript library developed by Facebook, designed to create interactive user interfaces for web apps. In this article, we’re unpacking the magic of React, emphasizing its impact on user interface design, user experience (UX), and team collaboration. Key takeaways: Build prototypes of React apps fast. Use UXPin Merge and import React components to
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The transition from design to code is a challenge for many product teams. Figma is the cornerstone of many design processes, but translating its visual elements into interactive React components is a complex and often tense task for designers and developers. Let’s explore the Figma-to-React conversion process, evaluate top plugins, and unveil an alternative to
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Date pickers are some of the most familiar UI patterns in digital product design. UX designers use date pickers on websites, applications, games, enterprise software, operating systems, and more. Designers must understand how these date pickers will work across screen sizes, operating systems, devices, etc., to test the impact on the product’s aesthetics, functionality, and
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Storybook Connect for Figma aims to link Storybook stories to Figma designs to streamline UI review and design handoff. Storybook Connect has its limitations. As you’ll learn in this article, UXPin Merge’s Storybook integration is a better alternative to Figma Storybook plugins. Key takeaways: Bring Storybook components into the design process with UXPin’s Merge technology.
Component-driven prototyping with UXPin Merge allows designers to build accurate replicas of the final product. Unlike other design tools that render static graphics, UXPin is powered by code so that designers can create high-fidelity, fully functioning prototypes. UXPin’s npm integration gives designers the freedom to import components and patterns from open-source design systems. They may
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