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TermCraft conventionFoundational

Handoff

Passing designs to developers to build.

Definition

The transfer of design intent to implementation, including states, behaviour and accessibility requirements.

Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.

In plain language

Passing designs to developers to build.

Example

The best handoff is a conversation that started before the design was finished.

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Deeper reading

The full entry behind this definition.

Nearby in the Atlas

Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.