Tool

Formwork

A headless, accessible form library with schema-driven validation and zero runtime dependencies.

Project data

Most form libraries left error announcements and focus management to the developer.

How it was built

Six phases from the first conversation to the release. The bar shows how the time was split.

4 weeks in total

Research
Reading the form code of a dozen teams showed which validation patterns repeat everywhere.
3 days · Pattern catalogue
Architecture
Data model, rendering strategy and API contracts were agreed before the first screen was drawn.
3 days · ADR, data model
Interface
A component inventory and responsive layouts, built entirely from design tokens.
2 days · Token set, component inventory
Build
Features went live in small slices behind flags, with typed boundaries between client and server.
8 days · Feature slices
Testing
Unit, end-to-end and accessibility checks ran on every pull request.
2 days · Test suite in CI
Deployment
Every branch got a preview environment; the production rollout was a single click.
2 days · Preview and release pipeline
Result
Used in production by a dozen teams; 2 kB gzipped.
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