What is a Design System? A design system is a guideline of standards on how to use and combine a collection of reusable components. More specifically, a design system is documented well and clearly explains standards and constraints on using design components. …

What are containers and virtual machines? Containers and VMs both isolate an application and its dependencies into a self-contained unit that can be run anywhere. However, they differ in the way they are architected. A virtual machine (VM) is an emulation of a real computer that executes programs like a real computer. …

What Git Is Git is an open-source distributed version control system where developers can collaborate by accessing the same code repository, but make personal changes to the code through their own localized repositories. Git is: a control system where code and other content can be stored and updated, a version control system where…

What Is TDD? Test Driven Development (TDD) is software development approach where test cases are developed first to specify and validate the implementation code. Test cases are to test each functionality, making code simple and bug-free. Test-driven development contains three main activities: coding, testing (through creating unit tests), and designing (through refactoring code). …

What is a Clean Code? First things first, here are some quotes from professionals regarding clean code. Language I like my code to be elegant and efficient. The logic should be straightforward to make it hard for bugs to hide, the dependencies minimal to ease maintenance, error handling complete according to an articulated strategy, and…

During the design process of Crowd+, a data annotation crowdsourcing platform, we developed a design system to maintain consistency within the product. The development process of the design system is based on the atomic design system proposed by Brad Frost. The atomic design system, explained by Brad Frost The atomic design system proposed by Brad Frost purposes on…

Visual design plays an important role in a product, as it can enhance users’ experience interacting with it. Therefore, awareness of visual design aspects is key when developing a product. Here is what we considered when developed the interface of Crowd+, a data annotation crowdsourcing platform. — Visual Design in UX According to Usability.gov, visual design means “strategically implementing images, colors, fonts, and other elements,” in order to enhance a design or interaction, and engage users. Different than interaction design that focuses merely on users’ interaction with the product to complete a task, visual design is incorporating visual elements to enhance…

Agile development has become a buzzword in the product development world, as many teams have implemented this style of development. What does being agile even mean? How did this buzz even happen is agility even important? …

In the world of product development, we need to understand who we are developing our product for. If we have a strong understanding of our users, the product that we are developing will have a higher chance of solving their problems and meeting their needs, hence bringing value for them.