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Suggested path to learn to design apps with Figma & Polaris?

Suggested path to learn to design apps with Figma & Polaris?

SaaSQuadrat
Shopify Partner
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Hi,

 

I am a software dev (web and backend) and former merchant. Have used Shopify since years and also built private apps for our shop back in the days.

 

As I plan to release a public app in the Shopify app store, I learned the basics Figma with some YouTube tutorials and Figma's YouTube videos. But I struggle with a lot of stuff in the Shopify component library.

 

First, I can't find any documentation how to use the Figma components.

Second, they don't seem to align with the documentation of the Polaris components.

 

Additionally, they behave in non-expected ways. For example, when I add a Layout component to my frame and set it to two columns, I see two rows in the Figma editor.

 

How could I approach this?

 

Thanks for your input.

Andreas Scheucher - SaaSQuadrat - Software developer of > 20 years & former Shopify merchant of > 5 years
• Shop with > 250.000 product variants? • GPDR compliant shops? • Inhouse stock, print on deman, 3PL / third party logistics? • Theme adoptoins? • Custom integrations?
Been there, done that. Here to help you get up and running.
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