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Supporting consumers to success #5

Open Westbrook opened 2 years ago

Westbrook commented 2 years ago

Documentation is cool, demos are cool, linting and analysis is cool, what else can a developer of a design system to ensure their consumers are as successful as possible at leveraging the tools they offer?

Customization is cool, but might not be a goal. What if attributes or properties are used incorrectly (particularly those that support things like accessibility), or not at all? Can Dev builds save our souls?

blackfalcon commented 2 years ago

We are having this very conversation.

I would sum this up as "what is the appropriate API for you?"

I look at Shoelace and I see a wide-open API, but there is the intent that users will want a lot of flexibility in their use. But then I look at what we are doing and we want to support flexibility, but also have consistency to maintain.