Building Figma plugins with React
Blog post from LogRocket
The article provides a comprehensive guide on setting up a Figma plugin using React and webpack, with the goal of creating a plugin that generates three random colors for user selection in a Figma document. It details the process of creating a Figma plugin project, configuring webpack for TypeScript and Sass integration, and arranging source files. The guide covers the implementation of UI using React, communication between the UI and plugin code, and utilizing the Figma API for basic functionality like detecting selections and assigning colors. The article also includes a final version of the code for both UI and plugin, offers insights into handling readonly properties in Figma, and suggests ways to overcome common issues, such as version-specific errors with the html-webpack-plugin. The tutorial concludes with encouragement to explore Figma's documentation and other plugins for further learning and development.