Plugins & tooling

A year with Dev Mode: 10 lessons from an engineering manager

After integrating Dev Mode into our design system workflow, I’ve gathered several insights to help teams navigate this powerful tool. Here are my top takeaways.

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How Crunchyroll clarified confusing workflows with Dev Mode

Jenny Xie

The anime streaming service supports 15 platforms, from the web browser to game consoles, and is available in 12 languages—all of which spell complexity for the design team. Here’s how they deliver a consistent experience across touchpoints.

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Codegen plugins (and other tips) for automating design to code

Figma

Dev Mode helps you go from design to code faster. We’ve curated some of our top codegen plugins and tips to help you get the most out of your workflow.

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Behind the feature: Inline device frames

Chia Amisola,

Jediah Katz

We’re making it easier for you to bring your designs to life across mobile, tablet, and watch interfaces with a series of prototyping updates.

Inside Figma Prototyping Behind the scenes

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Top 10 things we shipped this year

Jenny Xie

From the Handoff Hero to the Scroll-Stopper, we crown our favorite updates among the quality-of-life improvements and spotlight-stealing features rolled out in 2023.

Inside Figma Product updates News

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Come together: A multiplayer guide to great meetings

Aaron Britt

Take meetings from “meh” to magical. Here’s how facilitators and participants can co-create a work session for the books.

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Three Creator Fund projects to know and love

Jenny Xie

Our grant program empowers the community to make free resources for all. From a kit for building immersive environments, to a design-to-code plugin, to a text animator, these tools have helped nearly a million people create in Figma.

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Creating coherence: How Spotify’s design system goes beyond platforms

Juli Sombat

Design Manager Juli Sombat sheds light on how a need for more cohesion led Spotify’s design systems team to take a cross-platform approach to components.

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The future of design systems is semantic

Carly Ayres

Variables, one of Figma’s newest features, help you streamline designs and connect more closely to code, but what do they tell us about larger shifts in the industry? We dig into what they might signal for the future of design systems.

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The future of design systems is accessible

Figma

In the third part of our series, we talk to design system and accessibility experts about making inclusive systems a top priority. Previously, we covered complexity and automation.

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