Style Guide Best Practices Presentation

I recently spoke at An Event Apart in San Diego where I presented on the whys, whats and how’s of style guides. Here are the slides:

And here are some resources I reference in the talk:

 

Style Guide Types

Creating a Style Guide

Maintaining Style Guides

And from the talk description:

We’re tasked with creating experiences that look and function beautifully across a dizzying array of devices and environments. That’s a tall order in and of itself, but once you factor in other team members, clients, stakeholders, and organizational quirks, things start looking downright intimidating. With so many variables to consider, we need solid ground to stand on. Style guides are quickly proving to be foundational tools for tackling this increasingly-diverse web landscape while still maintaining your sanity. Style guides promote consistency, establish a shared vocabulary, make testing easier, and lay a future-friendly foundation. This session will detail best practices and considerations for creating and maintaining style guides, so you can set up your organization for success.

Happy style guiding!