Building Component Library from Scratch
summary
Argues that the default answer is no to building a custom component library because of clear costs: large upfront time, scarce senior talent, continuous maintenance, heavy testing and documentation, and quality‑control risk; shows the payoff when domain needs require it by building from bare HTML/CSS and removing stacked libraries to regain consistency and speed, citing DOM elements decreased five-fold and depth decreased three; recommends using Figma, Storybook, popper js, downshift and CSS‑in‑JS like emotion or Chakra as pragmatic aids.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and context
- 3:08Pros of component libraries
- 5:46Drawbacks of external libs
- 10:07Challenges of library stacking
- 16:06Building from scratch
- 20:31Benefits of custom solutions
- 23:44Best practices for development
- 27:12Q&A and concluding thoughts
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