building-components

Building accessible UI components requires baking in ARIA patterns, keyboard navigation, and focus management by default rather than retrofitting them later. This approach ensures modular architecture and compliance throughout the component lifecycle.

Creating composable APIs involves implementing slot patterns, as-child, and polymorphism to define clear prop and slot structures. This enables flexible component composition while maintaining testability and maintainability across the library.

Integrating design tokens into a component library requires defining structured theming patterns that map primitive values to UI components. This enables consistent visual language and simplifies theme management across different application contexts.

Yes, this approach includes roadmaps for publishing components to npm and registries. It provides structured workflows for packaging modular primitives and full components to accelerate adoption and maintenance across teams.

You should use composable UI primitives when you need maximum flexibility for complex patterns, and full components when you need standardized solutions with accessible defaults. This structured approach supports both to balance customization and rapid adoption.

To start building a component library with accessible defaults, you need a modular architecture plan and clear prop/slot APIs. This provides the foundational structure for creating primitives, establishing patterns, and generating documentation workflows.