Getting Started

The getting started page should provide information for how to get up and running with the design system.

Downloading

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File Structure

Provide an overview of the file system structure and how users of the design system should integrate the design system’s code into their project. This info will obviously vary depending on your organization’s environment(s).

design-system-1.0/
├── assets/
│   ├── css/
│   │   ├── design-system-1.0.css
│   │   └── design-system-1.0.min.css
│   ├── fonts/
│   │   └── [design system web fonts]
│   ├── images/
│   │   └── design-system-icons.svg
│   └── js/
│       ├── design-system-1.0.js
│       └── design-system-1.0.min.js
└── [additional files]

Creating pages and using components

Provide information on how to properly link up design system files in order to create a basic “hello world” template. From there, describe the process of incorporating design system’s components into the project. Again, this will undoubtedly vary based on the setup and technologies your organization utilizes.

Code conventions

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Support and Community

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