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Figma handoff checklist: what developers need from designers

DEV Community: frontend·sagarbharvadiya1·1 day ago
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Moving a design from Figma into code should feel like a smooth transition, but it often turns into a frustrating guessing game. Designers hand over a clean file, developers start building, and immediately the questions begin. What happens when this button is hovered? How does this card look on an iPad? Where are the actual image files?

When design files lack structure, projects slow down, budgets stretch, and the final product starts drifting away from the original vision. You end up wasting hours in meetings clearing up details that should have been obvious in the layout.

Whether you are working with my team on a Figma to Next.js build or partnering with any other developer, establishing a solid handoff routine saves everyone time.…

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