{"id":39203,"date":"2025-01-08T03:46:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T11:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/?p=39203"},"modified":"2025-01-08T03:47:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T11:47:45","slug":"code-to-design-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/code-to-design-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Code to Design Complete Guide for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Code-to-Design-Guide-1024x512.png\" alt=\"Code to Design Guide\" class=\"wp-image-39204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Code-to-Design-Guide-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Code-to-Design-Guide-600x300.png 600w, https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Code-to-Design-Guide-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Code-to-Design-Guide.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Design-to-code is a familiar workflow. Designers create a prototype using a design tool, and developers convert it to code\u2013a simplified version of the standard product development process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UXPin Merge turns this process upside down with a revolutionary code-to-design workflow. This article explains code to design and how it enhances the product development process with four case studies, including FinTech giant PayPal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/merge\/developers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about UXPin Merge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"discover-merge\">\n    <div class=\"discover-merge__container\">\n        <div class=\"discover-merge__left\">\n            <h3 class=\"discover-merge__heading\">Design UI with code-backed components.<\/h3>\n            <p class=\"discover-merge__text\">Use the same components in design as in development. Keep UI consistency at scale.<\/p>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/merge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                <button class=\"discover-merge__button\">Try UXPin Merge<\/button>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/themes\/uxpin-juggernaut\/img\/cta-banner-merge.png\" class=\"discover-merge__image\" alt=\"\">\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<style>\n.discover-merge {\n    margin: 40px 8px;\n}\n\n.discover-merge__container {\n    display: flex;\n    max-width: 690px;\n    height: 200px;\n    padding: 20px;\n    padding-left: 24px;\n    border-radius: 4px;\n    background-color: black;\n    box-shadow: 10px 10px #9999ff;\n    align-items: center;\n    justify-content: space-between;\n}\n\n.discover-merge__left {\n    width: 50%;\n}\n\n.discover-merge__left p {\n    margin: 10px 0px !important;\n    color: white !important;\n    font-size: 18px !important;\n}\n\n.discover-merge__heading {\n    font-weight: bold !important;\n    color: white !important;\n    font-size: 18px !important;\n}\n\n.discover-merge__text {\n    margin: 0 !important;\n    line-height: 22px !important;\n}\n\n.discover-merge__button {\n    width: 174px;\n    height: 44px;\n    margin: 10px 0px;\n    border: none;\n    border-radius: 2px;\n    background: white;\n    color: black;\n    font-size: 16px;\n    text-align: center;\n}\n\n.discover-merge__button:hover {\n    cursor: pointer;\n}\n\n.discover-merge__image {\n    max-width: 320px !important;\n    height: 200px;\n    margin-right: -19px;\n}\n\n@media (max-width: 760px) {\n    .discover-merge__container {\n        height: auto;\n        margin: 10px;\n        align-items: left;\n    }\n}\n\n@media (max-width: 500px) {\n    .discover-merge__container {\n        flex-direction: column;\n    }\n\n    .discover-merge__left {\n        width: 100%;\n        align-items: normal;\n    }\n}\n\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-code-to-design\">What is Code to Design?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/collaboration-team-prototyping.png\" alt=\"collaboration team prototyping\" class=\"wp-image-34016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/collaboration-team-prototyping.png 750w, https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/collaboration-team-prototyping-700x280.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/code-to-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Code to design<\/a> is a UX workflow developed by UXPin using Merge technology. With UXPin Merge, you can use coded UI components to build fully interactive interfaces, and once you&#8217;re done with your design, export production code. The components aren&#8217;t translated from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/code-to-design-vs-design-to-code-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">design to code<\/a>. They are code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The code-to-design workflow offers several benefits for designers, stakeholders, and engineers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Designers build fully interactive prototypes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/functional-prototypes-improve-usability-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increasing testing scope<\/a> during the design process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Designers don&#8217;t design from scratch, thus reducing time to market.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stakeholders can grasp design&#8217;s vision because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/design-with-code-tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prototypes behave like an end-product<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/design-handoff-with-merge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Design handoffs<\/a> are smoother because designers and engineers use the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/dotsource-importance-of-single-source-of-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">source of truth<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teams share a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/best-design-system-examples\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">design system<\/a> which adoption is no longer an issue.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The drag-and-drop workflow makes product design more accessible to non-designers, and developers, stakeholders, researchers, and more can create a prototype on their own.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-design-to-code-vs-code-to-design\">Design to Code vs. Code to Design<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/code-design-developer.png\" alt=\"code design developer\" class=\"wp-image-35038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/code-design-developer.png 750w, https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/code-design-developer-700x281.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-challenges-of-design-to-code\">Design to code results in misalignment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/code-to-design-vs-design-to-code-comparison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Design to code<\/a> is the traditional UX workflow. Design teams create mockups and prototypes using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/interactive-figma-designs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">standard image-based design tools<\/a>, which developers convert to code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest challenge with a design-to-code workflow is that it creates a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/mistakes-that-kill-collaboration-between-designers-and-developers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gap between designers and engineers<\/a>. To bridge that gap, designers must use external tools, write detailed documentation, and meet with devs to explain how prototypes and interactions must function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with all this extra work and explanation, the final product often doesn&#8217;t meet the designer&#8217;s specifications and expectations. Designers and engineers argue over who is to blame, but the real issue is a language barrier. Designers work with vector graphics tools, while engineers work with code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-code-to-design-solution\">Code to design boosts collaboration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A code-to-design workflow bridges the gap between designers and engineers. They still speak different languages, but a technology like Merge facilitates the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/code-to-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">translation between design and development<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Design teams work with visual UI elements, while engineers work with the code powering them\u2013the same component from two perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teams working with a design system benefit most from this code-to-design workflow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With design-to-code workflow, teams work with two versions of the design system:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Image-based UI kit for design tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UI component library for programming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Code to design eliminates this separation because design teams and engineers use the same component library from the same repository\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/single-source-truth-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">creating a <em>true<\/em> single source of truth<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-code-to-design-use-cases\">Code to Design Use Cases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/team-collaboration-talk-communication.png\" alt=\"team collaboration talk communication\" class=\"wp-image-34018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/team-collaboration-talk-communication.png 750w, https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/team-collaboration-talk-communication-700x280.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re probably thinking, <em>&#8220;this code-to-design thing sounds great, but how does it translate to real-world product development?&#8221;<\/em> Glad you asked. Here are four use cases where companies use code-to-design for product development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-paypal\">PayPal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, PayPal completely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/paypal-scaled-design-process-uxpin-merge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">redesigned its internal product development process using UXPin Merge<\/a>. PayPal&#8217;s internal UX team had a unique challenge\u2013they had five designers to over one thousand engineers managing 60+ products. No two products looked the same, and each had usability and design inconsistency issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erica Rider, UX Lead EPX at PayPal, was tasked with solving this problem. To add a layer of complexity, Erica had to create a workflow that enabled PayPal&#8217;s product team to design, test, and deliver products. They lacked design skills and had little design tool experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After trying several solutions using traditional image-based tools, Erica discovered Merge. PayPal&#8217;s UX team used Merge to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/bring-fluent-design-system-for-react-into-uxpin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sync a customized Fluent UI design system to UXPin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PayPal&#8217;s stakeholders wanted to test the effectiveness of this new code-to-design investment. Erica&#8217;s experiment involved creating two versions of a one-page prototype: one using an image-based tool and the other using the UXPin Merge. The results were better than expected:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Image-based tool: over one hour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UXPin Merge: 8 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Merge prototype had far superior fidelity and functionality. And, with some coaching, PayPal&#8217;s product teams achieved the same results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/paypal-scaled-design-process-uxpin-merge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Read PayPal&#8217;s full case study<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-iress\">Iress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Software developer Iress was on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/iress-design-tool-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">four-stage process to design system maturity<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-12-1024x576.png\" alt=\"image 12\" class=\"wp-image-32095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-12-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-12-534x300.png 534w, https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-12-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-12-1536x863.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-12-2048x1151.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stage one: PDF style guides<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage two: HTML pattern library with CSS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage three: UI kit and component library<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stage four: a fully integrated single source of truth with no design or code required for releases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iress was stuck on stage three, unsure how they would bridge the gap between design and development to reach the final goal\u2013until the team discovered code-to-design approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This workflow ticked all the boxes for Iress at that moment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A single repository serving designers and engineers the components they need to build and release products.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Better alignment between designers and engineers, with seamless design handoffs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No designing or front-end programming from scratch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No design drift or inconsistencies across the organization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Realistic, interactive prototypes give testing participants and stakeholders an accurate representation of the final product.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The opportunity to experiment with theme switching for dark mode or multi-brand design systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/iress-design-tool-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Read Iress&#8217; full story.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-teampassword\">TeamPassword<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first two use cases were enterprise products. But what can code-to-design do for startups and small teams? TeamPassword operates in the highly competitive password management market. The startup&#8217;s biggest challenge is that they don&#8217;t have any UX designers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a startup entrusted with people&#8217;s passwords and sensitive data, usability issues and design inconsistencies erode trust, ruining TeamPassword&#8217;s reputation and resulting in churn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TeamPassword&#8217;s engineers did all the design and user testing using code prototypes. While these prototypes accurately represented the product&#8217;s functionality and user experience, building and iterating on ideas was time-consuming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, TeamPassword switched to the MUI design system, which they synced to UXPin using Merge. Instead of developing prototypes, engineers used their custom MUI React library in UXPin. This code-to-design workflow significantly reduced time-to-market while eliminating usability issues and design drift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When TeamPassword&#8217;s developers update the design system repository, the change automatically sync to UXPin, so they always have the latest version. Merge&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/docs\/merge\/version-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Version Control<\/a> allows the team to track changes and switch between versions during testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/studio\/blog\/teampassword-uxpin-merge-case-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Read TeamPassword&#8217;s full case study<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"discover-merge\">\n    <div class=\"discover-merge__container\">\n        <div class=\"discover-merge__left\">\n            <p class=\"discover-merge__heading\">Reach a new level of prototyping<\/p>\n            <p class=\"discover-merge__text\">Design with interactive components coming from your team&#8217;s design system.<\/p>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uxpin.com\/merge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                <button class=\"discover-merge__button\">Discover UXPin Merge<\/button>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uxpin.com\/studio\/wp-content\/themes\/uxpin-juggernaut\/img\/cta-banner-merge.png\" class=\"discover-merge__image\" alt=\"\">\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<style>\n.discover-merge {\n    margin: 40px 8px;\n}\n\n.discover-merge__container {\n    display: flex;\n    max-width: 690px;\n    height: 200px;\n    padding: 20px;\n    padding-left: 24px;\n    border-radius: 4px;\n    background-color: black;\n    box-shadow: 10px 10px #9999ff;\n    align-items: center;\n    justify-content: space-between;\n}\n\n.discover-merge__left {\n    width: 50%;\n}\n\n.discover-merge__left p {\n    margin: 10px 0px !important;\n    color: white !important;\n    font-size: 18px !important;\n}\n\n.discover-merge__heading {\n    font-weight: bold !important;\n    color: white !important;\n    font-size: 18px !important;\n}\n\n.discover-merge__text {\n    margin: 0 !important;\n    line-height: 22px !important;\n}\n\n.discover-merge__button {\n    width: 174px;\n    height: 44px;\n    margin: 10px 0px;\n    border: none;\n    border-radius: 2px;\n    background: white;\n    color: black;\n    font-size: 16px;\n    text-align: center;\n}\n\n.discover-merge__button:hover {\n    cursor: pointer;\n}\n\n.discover-merge__image {\n    max-width: 320px !important;\n    height: 200px;\n    margin-right: -19px;\n}\n\n@media (max-width: 760px) {\n    .discover-merge__container {\n        height: auto;\n        margin: 10px;\n        align-items: left;\n    }\n}\n\n@media (max-width: 500px) {\n    .discover-merge__container {\n        flex-direction: column;\n    }\n\n    .discover-merge__left {\n        width: 100%;\n        align-items: normal;\n    }\n}\n\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dotsource\">dotSource<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>dotSource is a German-based digital product consulting and development agency. The company uses multiple design systems to deliver products and solutions to clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>dotSource&#8217;s biggest problem in delivering these products was redundant processes and duplicate work with two design systems\u2013a UI kit for design and a component library for development. The design system&#8217;s documentation created a third piece the team had to maintain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>dotSource&#8217;s &#8220;single source of truth&#8221; was actually three sources, not one\u2013a problem many organizations encounter with design systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>dotSource knew they had to make their single source of truth code-based but didn&#8217;t know how to achieve this workflow using traditional image-based design tools\u2013until they discovered UXPin Merge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>dotSource uses Merge&#8217;s Storybook Integration to sync its design system to UXPin. Storybook allows dotSource to update the design system&#8217;s repository, documentation, and UXPin&#8217;s components with every release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Switching to a code-based design workflow is the only way around these image-based limitations. A code-based prototyping tool like UXPin with Merge technology enables this workflow by rendering code (instead of vector graphics), just like a browser. 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