README.md

Who Wrote It?

Who Wrote It? is an open source tool for building UI Design Systems with Vue.js. It provides you and your team a set of organized tools, patterns & practices that work as the foundation for your application development.

The tool is built on top of Vue.js, Vue Styleguidist, Webpack, and Theo and is aimed for designers and front-end developers who have at least basic knowledge of component based workflows + HTML, SCSS & JavaScript.

Made by @viljamis and other contributors. See also the official website of Who Wrote It? and read my article on the processes and workflow I use to get started with a new design system project.

Features

• A set of interconnected patterns & practices for you and your team.
• A well thought-out terminology, naming conventions, and hierarchy.
• Get an automated overview of how your design system progresses over time.
• Global design tokens in YAML format that you can use inside any component.
• Automatic generation of living, user editable documentation.
• Easily export and use your Design System as an NPM dependency in another Vue.js or Nuxt.js project.
• Create a token, an element, or a pattern, and it’s immediately available across all components.
• Pre-configured Prettier setup for auto-formatting code on both save and before commit.
• Live Reloading, Autoprefixing, SCSS, and helper functions + simple and sane defaults for SVG and Webfont usage out-of-the-box.
• Documentation and the app logic are separated, so you can have public docs while the app itself stays private.
• And more…

Documentation

• Getting Started: How to install and run Who Wrote It?.
• Terminology: Introduction to the system concepts and its hierarchy.
• Naming of Things: Naming is hard, so it’s good to have clear guidelines.
• Directory Structure: What goes where and why.
• Working with the System: Concrete examples on how to work with Tokens, Elements , Patterns and Templates.
• Editing Living Documentation: How to customize the living system documentation.
• Spacing: A framework for creating a predictable and harmonious spacing.
• Component Status: Clear labels that reflect the state of completion.
• Component QA: How to review new components and keep the quality high.
• Contributing: A set of guidelines for contributing to the system.
• Code of Conduct: By participating you agree to abide by its terms.
• Frequently Asked Questions: How to use icons, how to use font-face, etc.

Examples

• Official example
• Using Who Wrote It? as NPM dependency on Vue.js project
• Using Who Wrote It? as NPM Dependency on Nuxt.js project
• Using Who Wrote It? as NPM Dependency on a static website

Roadmap

• See Roadmap tag in the issues.

Changelog

• 3.5.7 is the latest release.
• See Releases page for the full changelog.

Need more help?

About to get started with a new design system? I’m an independent designer and developer, specialized in helping companies to build design systems. I also conduct design system workshops and do consulting. Let’s talk!

Authors and License

Viljami Salminen, Artem Sapegin, Rafael Escala, react-styleguidist contributors, vue-styleguidist contributors, Vue.js contributors, vue-webpack-boilerplate contributors, Theo contributors, and Polaris contributors.

Licensed under the MIT license.