Getting Started
This document will get you started with Paste, what's in it, and what's coming soon.
Early Access! Early Access! Early Access!
These guidelines are a living document, and not final. Reach out with comments & concerns at #help-design-system
Introduction#
Welcome! Paste is currently in early access. The intention of this release is to:
- Give clarity to the UX Org for what our vision for a Unified Design System is, through a working example.
- Validate our ability to execute together as a larger systems team.
- Get folks excited!
However, this release is not:
- Complete. This is a steel thread that requires active participation from the Systems team to make things work.
- Fully documented. Expect to see pages or sections that just say “Coming Soon” or “TBD”.
- Locked in on opinions. We always reserve the right to wake up smarter and rely on your feedback to do so.
What is Paste?#
Paste is a design system for Twilio. It will provide Components, Design Libraries, Assets, Tools, and Documentation for UX Engineers & Product Designers at Twilio to compose thoughtful User Interfaces in an effective way.
Paste is currently in its early stages. It will include:
- A comprehensive Doc Site which shows off components and documentation for Paste.
- A comprehensive set of Tokens and Themes to express components.
- Architecture and build tools to publish components, and assets.
- Version controlled design libraries for Sketch.
- Community & education initiatives to help UX Engineers & Designers learn more about Design System, and from each other.
Tokens & Themes
Early Access! Early Access! Early Access!
This section will be updated with specific guidance for Flex.
- Check out our list of Tokens. They currently show values for SendGrid and Console.
- We will also have documentation on how to use Tokens to build components in a future release.
Design Libraries#
- Check out our guidelines for Product Designers. We'll be adding more content based on feedback and feature requests in a future release.
Coming Soon#
- Information about our Technology choices
- Quickstart section for UX Engineers
- Link to product roadmap
- Links for feature requests
Give us Feedback on this Page#
As you use Paste, you'll likely encounter things that don't seem right. Please reach out with your feedback! Here's some prompts to consider:
- Is this page easy for me to consume?
- Is the information supporting it sufficient / well-described?
- What information is missing?
- How approachable is the documentation? Can a new engineer / PM / designer at Twilio get started with it easily?