Think as developer

Steal good practices

- Agile workflow

think continuous

Software projects rarely have the same kind of stability as traditional engineering projects. Short delays implies quick decisions, test and deploy.

Design software today help you to build prototype to test your design.

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- Design system

think modular

Developers use components (classes) to build complex program, cutting it into small programs. They create a library of elements to use in diverse part of the code. In that way modifying the element update it in all part of the code.

It's crucial for webdesigners to work with design system, at least a styleguide.

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- Version control

think as team

When developers work on the same project, they use version control software (like github or gitlab) to ensure that one is not overriding other code. It helps also to be sure to work on the last edited version.

Working as creative team relate to the same "file version" problems. Even file naming can be such a challenge sometimes.

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