Design Tokens in Design Systems

Given at The Mixin

Transcript

1. THE MIXIN // SAN FRANCISCO // 15 NOVEMBER 2016 DESIGN TOKENS
 IN DESIGN SYSTEMS @JINA // LEAD DESIGNER // SALESFORCE LIGHTNING DESIGN SYSTEM # D ESIG N SYSTEM
2. @JINA LEAD DESIGNER // SALESFORCE LIGHTNING DESIGN SYSTEM ORGANIZER // CLARITY DESIGNER // SASS
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5. LIGHTNINGDESIGNSYSTEM.COM
6. “IT USED TO BE THAT 
 DESIGNERS MADE AN OBJECT 
 AND WALKED AWAY. TODAY THE EMPHASIS MUST 
 SHIFT TO DESIGNING THE 
 ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE.” — PAUL SAFFO // TECHNOLOGY FORECASTER
7. DESIGN SYSTEMS RULE EVERYTHING AROUND ME
8. BLOG.ENGINEYARD.COM/2011/FRONT-END-MAINTAINABILITY-WITH-SASS-AND-STYLE-GUIDES
9. LIVING STYLE GUIDES FTW
10. SASS-LANG.COM
11. SASS-LANG.COM/STYLEGUIDE
12. COULD THE SASS & STYLE GUIDE SHARE A SINGLE SOURCE?
13. COLORS.YAML swatches: - name: "hopbush" value: "c69" - name: "bouquet" value: "b37399"
14. _COLORS.SCSS.ERB <% data.colors.swatches.each do |swatch| %> $<%= swatch.name %>: #<%= swatch.value %>; <% end %>
15. STYLE-GUIDE/COLORS.HTML.HAML - for swatch in data.colors.swatches %li{class: "swatch-" + swatch.name} %code = "$" + swatch.name = "#" + swatch.value
16. SASS-LANG.COM/STYLEGUIDE/COLOR
17. A DESIGN SYSTEM CONTAINS WHATEVER YOUR ORGANIZATION NEEDS TO COMMUNICATE 
 DESIGN DECISIONS
18. “…STYLE GUIDES. NOW, IT’S DESIGN SYSTEMS. IS THIS JUST A CHANGE IN THE MARKETING? OR ARE THESE THINGS ACTUALLY DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER?” — JARED SPOOL // FOUNDER // USER INTERFACE ENGINEERING
19. “A STYLE GUIDE IS AN ARTIFACT
 OF DESIGN PROCESS. A DESIGN SYSTEM IS A LIVING, 
 FUNDED PRODUCT WITH A ROADMAP 
 & BACKLOG, SERVING AN ECOSYSTEM.” — NATHAN CURTIS // FOUNDER // EIGHTSHAPES
20. FORMER SALESFORCE1 STYLE GUIDE
21. WHY DID SALESFORCE 
 NEED A DESIGN SYSTEM?
22. SCALING ENTERPRISE 
 DESIGN IS TRICKY!
23. 17 YEARS OF LEGACY
24. 20K+ EMPLOYEES
25. LOTS OF PRODUCTS Sales Cloud SalesforceIQ Salesforce Quote-to-Cash Data.com Financial Services Cloud Health Cloud Commerce Cloud Service Cloud Desk.com Analytics Cloud Wave Apps Community Cloud Chatter Marketing Cloud Pardot App Cloud AppExchange Force.com Heroku Enterprise IOT Cloud
26. CONSIDER THE 
 WHOLE ECOSYSTEM
28. GREAT TEAM COMMUNICATION 
 IS CRITICAL
29. WHERE CAN I FIND THE ICONS? WHAT COLOR IS THE BUTTON BORDER? WHERE CAN I FIND THE ICONS?
33. 106 UNIQUE TEXT COLORS
34. 120 UNIQUE BACKGROUND COLORS
35. 73 UNIQUE FONT SIZES
36. DESIGN PAGES
37. “A FRACTURED PROCESS 
 MAKES FOR A FRACTURED 
 USER EXPERIENCE.” — NATE FORTIN // VP DESIGN // EVERNOTE
38. DESIGN SYSTEMS
39. L IG H T N I N G E X P E R I E N C E
40. LIGHTNING DESIGN SYSTEM Design Guidelines CSS Framework Icons Resources & Documentation Design Tokens
41. “TRUE COLLABORATION ISN’T THROWING DESIGNS OVER THE WALL. IT’S DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS, 
 & THE REST OF THE TEAM 
 SHARING THE RESPONSIBILITY
 TO BUILD A QUALITY PRODUCT.” — DIANA MOUNTER // DESIGN SYSTEMS LEAD // GITHUB
42. EMPOWER DESIGNERS 
 & DEVELOPERS
43. ACCESSIBILITY
44. LOCALIZATION
45. Red = Down RED = DOWN
46. Red = Up RED = UP
47. LOTS OF
 PLATFORMS & DEVICES
48. HOW DO WE SCALE DESIGN ACROSS OUR ECOSYSTEM AND ALL ITS PLATFORMS & DEVICES?
49. HOW DO WE MAKE FUTURE VISUAL DESIGN CHANGES FASTER?
50. HOW DO WE KEEP OUR DESIGN 
 SYSTEM AGNOSTIC?
51. SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH
52. CSS Preprocessors introduced Variables in CSS for better consistency, efficiency, & maintainability. SASS, LESS, STYLUS, ETC.
54. DESIGN TOKENS
55. MEDIUM.COM/EIGHTSHAPES-LLC/TOKENS-IN-DESIGN-SYSTEMS-25DD82D58421
56. “DESIGN TOKENS ARE DESIGN DECISIONS PROPAGATED THROUGH A SYSTEM.” — NATHAN CURTIS // FOUNDER // EIGHTSHAPES
57. TYPES OF DESIGN TOKENS Spacing Sizing Rounded Corners Font Weights Font Sizes Line Heights Font Families Border Colors Background Colors Shadows Text Colors Animation Durations Z-Indexes Media Queries …etc.
58. “DESIGN TOKENS ARE AN ABSTRACTION FOR EVERYTHING IMPACTING THE VISUAL DESIGN OF AN APP/PLATFORM” — SÖNKE ROHDE, VP, UX ENGINEERING, SALESFORCE
59. NO MORE HARD-CODED VALUES
61. THEO Open source tool for generating 
 Design Tokens
62. JSON { "name": "COLOR_TEXT", "value": "#000", "properties": "color" }
63. YAML COLOR_TEXT: value: "#000" properties: "color"
64. DESIGN TOKENS CONVERTED TO Lightning Sass Less Stylus JSON (iOS) XML (Android) style guide color swatches
65. DESIGN TOKENS ENABLE US TO SCALE OUR DESIGN ACROSS ALL THE PERMUTATIONS.
66. THEO CAN EXPORT TO PROPER COLOR FORMATS CSS — HEX, RGBA IOS — RGBA ANDROID — 8-DIGIT HEX
67. THEO CAN EXPORT TO PROPER SIZING UNITS CSS — PX, EM, REM IOS — PT ANDROID — SP, DP, DIP
68. $color-text-button
69. t(colorTextButton)
70. INSTEAD OF THIS: .slds-button { color: #0070d2; }
71. SASS .slds-button { color: $color-text-button; }
72. LIGHTNING .THIS { color: token(colorTextButton); }
73. .ASE
 Adobe Photoshop
 Adobe Illustrator
 Adobe InDesign .CLR
 other design apps on Mac COLOR SWATCHES
74. DESIGN TOKENS:
 PROBLEM SOLVED
75. TESTING & ENFORCEMENT Enforcement of correct token on correct property Accessibility suite of tests
76. FORM FACTOR OVERRIDES Allow us to override tokens on our various supported form factors We’re mobile first, so overrides are specific to medium & large form factors (tablets & desktop)
77. BONUS!!!
80. APPLY DESIGN DECISIONS 
 WITH CONFIDENCE
81. NO PRODUCT TOO LARGE,
 NO PRODUCT TOO SMALL
83. “JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS 
 HARD DOESN’T MEAN IT’S NOT 
 WORTH PURSUING… IT’S OUR JOB TO SOLVE THOSE 
 PROBLEMS. AFTER ALL, WE’RE IN
 THE INTERFACE BUSINESS. — BRAD FROST // WEB DESIGNER // ATOMIC DESIGN AUTHOR
84. KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING
85. A DESIGN SYSTEM IS 
 NOT A SIDE PROJECT
86. ZOMBIE
 STYLE GUIDES
87. IT MUST BE LIVING
88. “BE REGULAR AND ORDERLY IN YOUR LIFE, SO THAT YOU MAY BE VIOLENT AND ORIGINAL IN YOUR WORK.” — GUSTAVE FLAUBERT // NOVELIST
89. STYLEGUIDES.IO
90. LIGHTNINGDESIGNSYSTEM.COM
91. LIGHTNINGDESIGNSYSTEM.COM
92. OPEN SOURCE AT GITHUB.COM/SALESFORCE-UX
93. DESIGNSYSTEMS.HEROKUAPP.COM
94. CLARITYCONF.COM
95. SASSNEWS.COM NEWS
96. THANKS! @JINA @THEMIXINSF