building figma’s widget code generator
summary
Claim: a one-click generator turns a selected Figma subtree into TypeScript TSX widget code that renders on canvas and is immediately interactive. Implementation uses the public Figma plugin API (currentPageSelection → node tree → code) and emits component functions plus instance definitions; state sync uses hooks like useSyncState. Demo builds a voting widget in under ten minutes, with working click-to-vote, avatar mapping, and copied gradient fills; images remain placeholder URLs.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:47Figma plugins and widgets
- 6:33Voting widget demo
- 13:46Widget code generator plugin
- 24:13How code generator works
- 28:27Recap and call to action for widgets
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