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

• 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