Name: XConf Preview: Engineering a design system
Start: 2018-07-19T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2018-07-19T20:00:00-04:00
Location: ThoughtWorks

As a preview to our upcoming XConf NA (https://bit.ly/2y0aUjC), we are giving you a preview of one of our speakers Ryan Oglesby!

AGENDA

6:30 PM -- Doors open for refreshments and networking

7:00 - 8:00 PM -- Ryan Oglesby will talk about "Engineering a design system"

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Talk Description:

Come on a tour through the engineering of the React-powered design system developed over the past year with our client TELUS Digital. We'll examine technologies such as CSS Modules, modern JavaScript testing practices, architectural decisions, and strategies for scaling to hundreds of users.

While plenty is said about design system theory - getting buy in, team structure, visual design - you won’t get very far without solid engineering practices, sound architecture, and the right technologies. But there is a lack of available material about the unique technical challenges of design systems, especially with modern technologies such as React.

This talk digs into the technical details of building a design system, including specific front end technologies and how we put them to use. Whether your company has a design system or not, you can immediately apply or adapt some of the learnings and technologies to your own work.

Speaker Bio:

Ryan Oglesby is a Software Consultant at ThoughtWorks, where he has spent the last 6 years working in a variety of domains, technologies, and teams. He enjoys tackling the often innocent-looking, yet usually complex challenges of front-end design, architecture, and development. Over the past year he has led the strategy and development of the Design System at a large telecommunications company.

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