Lessons Learned Building a Reusable Component Library by Michael Thiessen

We’ve spent the last 1.5 years building a reusable component library in Vue, and it’s been a key factor in rewriting our frontend to Vue. Devs don’t have to spend as much time worrying about CSS or making sure to adhere to the design system, Construction Yard takes care of that for them. I want to share some of the most important lessons we’ve learned in building our library (which is continually evolving). Some of my ideas are: - Getting buy-in from the rest of the company - The unexpected benefits of a co