Outline
Tooling infrastructure for modern web component development.
Overview:
Outline is a growing Web Component library and toolkit that allows users to build bespoke design systems for various projects. It provides a set of components, tooling, and rules for defining and integrating components. Outline is built with modern technologies and tools to enhance the component authoring experience and promote adoption within organizations. It also offers well-curated documentation on complex topics and continues to evolve based on internal lessons learned from previous projects at Phase2.
Features:
- Web Component Library: Outline provides a set of components that can be used to build design systems for different projects.
- Toolkit for Design Systems: It offers a range of tools and technologies that help scaffold design systems for various projects.
- Rules for Components: Outline provides rules for defining components, ensuring consistency and standardization.
- Integration Support: It offers rules for integrating components into existing projects, making it easier to adopt and implement them.
- Well-curated Documentation: Outline provides comprehensive documentation on complex topics related to design systems.
- Growing and Evolving: Outline continues to grow and evolve based on internal lessons learned from previous projects at Phase2.
Using NPX (recommended):
- Run the following command to load the latest version of the Outline CLI and cache it:
npx outline init
- NPX will prompt you when an update is available, making it easy to stay up-to-date with the latest version.
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