Sybren Willemot - Can you build a design system with Chakra UI Vue? - Vuejs Amsterdam 2023

Discover how to build a design system with Chakra UI Vue, a baking mix for speed and consistency, and learn about semantic tokens, theme customization, and reusability.

Key takeaways
  • Building a design system is like baking a cake
  • Chakra UI Vue can be used as a “baking mix” to speed up the process
  • Design systems are collections of reusable components with consistent styling and accessibility
  • Semantic tokens can be used to create design tokens with a single value that can be used in multiple places
  • Checking values and their variations is important for consistency and usability
  • A design system needs to be well-documented to ensure that users can easily use and customize it
  • Chakra Vue’s extendTheme function allows you to add custom styling and components to the theme
  • Tokens can be used to style components and make them reusable
  • Chakra Vue’s theme object allows you to define design tokens and use them to customize component styling
  • Semantic tokens can be used to create tokens that change depending on the environment or color mode
  • Design systems can be built using Chakra Vue and its extendTheme function
  • Building a design system with Chakra Vue involves creating a theme, extending the theme with custom components, and creating semantic tokens
  • Chakra Vue’s ChakraFactory function can be used to style components with tokens
  • Design systems can be used to create consistent and accessible UI and UX across multiple applications and platforms