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Surma on existing design tools being fit for purpose {: .page-title }

Welcome to Designer Vs Developer, a show that tries to solve the challenges faced in the industry by opening a conversation between the two, providing take aways, solutions to workflows, tools and discussions on everyday struggles.

This week Mustafa speaks to Surma, a Developer Advocate on the Google Developer Relations Team, about whether the design tools we use are fit for purpose and how Dash Elements (now renamed to ‘ <a href="https://github.com/GoogleChrome/howto-components"> HowTo: Components</a>’) will help educate designers and developers about important topics like accessibility.

In this episode:

The design tools we use.
Designers learning about code.
Dash Elements (now renamed to ‘<a href="https://github.com/GoogleChrome/howto-components">HowTo: Components</a>’)
Exploring the best practice and patterns of the web.

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Watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNYkxOF6rcIC60856GnLEV5GQXMxc9ByJ"> the video recording</a>.

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