Design Design-to-Development Handoff
Design Systems & Tokens · handoff
Updated 2026-07-28
- Great handoff is a conversation, not a file transfer.
- Include:
Behavior:
- What happens on interaction?
States:
Rules:
- What scales?
- What stays fixed?
Edge cases:
- Errors.
- Empty states.
- Long content.
- Developers should understand intent, not just pixels.
- The goal is shared understanding.
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