How to work and collaborate with developers and how to make sure your designs and expectations are followed-through.

Show Notes * Sketch 3.7

+ Download the beta
+ Style are awesome now (overrides)
+ Shared Styles now no longer sync automatically

• How you work and interact with engineers? (Question from Jony Heim on Twitter)

  • What's the problem?

    • Products don't end up like the mockups
    • Things are lost in the process

    • No one's happy

      • Kickoff

    • Bring developers early

      • While designing

    • Ask questions

    • Ask for feedback

      • Show your work early

      • Fresh Eyes session - Consider edge cases

      • Error states

      • Internationalization
      • Empty states
      • Transitions
      • No internet connection - Tip: Bootstrap Grids for example - 8pt grid
        • Handoff

    • Prototypes

    • Mockups
    • Annotations

    • Zeplin

      • While developing

    • Get them to care about good design

    • Design reviews

      • Any code in the codebase that affects user experience needs to be reviewed by a designer
      • Stuff doesn't go out unless we okay it
      • Aftershow

  • Apple Music Ad

  • Tesla Model 3

Hosts * Kevin Clark (@vernalkick) * Rafael Conde (@rafahari)