Building a component library from scratch may feel intimidating, but if you’re willing to put in the upfront time & effort, it pays off in spades.

Over the last year and a half, I’ve been the lead on a project to create and implement a robust Component Library. Our Component Library been a hugely beneficial effort that’s made our suite of React web applications more cohesive, more accessible, and more beautiful. The other (less-frontend-inclined) developers enjoy being able to build without having to worry about UI design decisions or touch any CSS. This talk will address each step of our process from a front-end development & design perspective, as well as some of the things we would have done differently had we known better.