Comments on: Implementing a Pattern Library in the Real World: A Yahoo! Case Study http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/ Boxes and Arrows is devoted to the practice, innovation, and discussion of design; including graphic design, interaction design, information architecture and the design of business. Mon, 20 May 2013 13:09:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: philwilson http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-5706 philwilson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-5706 AFAICT all the links to larger versions of images in this article are broken. Can someone please fix these, as this article is very interesting and the images are crucial!

]]> By: elab http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-5707 elab Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-5707 Please fix larger pictures – could you contact with autor ?

]]> By: jrogers http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-5708 jrogers Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-5708 The links to pattern_index.php and pattern_queue.php are broken. It would be *so* divine if these images were available – I’d love to be able to read the IA of the pattern library. Help! Help! Erin K Malone, I invoke you!

]]> By: drewpuhl http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-5709 drewpuhl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-5709 I found this when searching for Drupal information. I notice Yahoo is no longer using Drupal for their library, any reasons for the change? TIA!

]]> By: erinmalone http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-5710 erinmalone Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-5710 We still use Drupal for our internal Pattern Library. This has been constant for the last 3 + years. We never used Drupal for the Public Pattern Library – which was built with JSON and XML by Bill Scott and sits on our Yahoo! Developer Network site.

]]> By: jas0nh0ng http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-9898 jas0nh0ng Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-9898 FYI, the URL to our book on design patterns, The Design of Sites, is:

http://designofsites.com/

We’re also working on a second edition now, any comments welcome.

]]> By: Max Lord http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-9899 Max Lord Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-9899 Thanks for an interesting article. I have one question: Is Yahoo really “the real world” ?

This sounds like an amazing system, but I am just curious how many other organizations exist in the world with the need for, and resources to accomplish a project like this. What could this project look like if it was for a team an order of magnitude smaller than Yahoo’s?

]]> By: heyotwell http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-9900 heyotwell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-9900 This is an interesting article, but it’s not really about Patterns, is it? This is the story of designing and building a content management system and process, which just happened to contain Design Patterns.

Honestly, although this challenge is real, and this solution seems incredibly thorough and interesting, the real issues around “implementing a pattern library in the real world” aren’t addressed here: how do you get people to use the patterns, not just contribute them? How do you correct people when patterns are used incorrectly? How are people made aware of instances of pattern-use, so they can see the (good or bad) results of using patterns?

]]> By: Matt Leacock http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-9901 Matt Leacock Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-9901 Max: I think these are great topics for a follow-up article after our library has had a chance to grow and we’ve had an opportunity to chart what has worked and what hasn’t.

Jason: Although I agree there aren’t many companies that have the reach that Yahoo! has, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are a host of companies with large design staffs that would be interested in rolling a similar system out internally. You raise a good point though: for smaller teams, the payoffs are proportionately smaller. (I’d argue that knowledge sharing is an easier problem to solve for 15 people than say, 150 people, however.)

]]> By: Jason http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-9902 Jason Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://boxesandarrows.com/implementing-a-pattern-library-in-the-real-world-a-yahoo-case-study/#comment-9902 It would be interesting to see a paragraph on the actual use cycle of the library. For example, what a designer goes through when creating something new, how they interact with the library, etc. I could see using something like this in any organization with a development team greater than a handful of people, so long as using it produced a net gain.

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