Figma has become a go-to tool for interface design, used by major companies like Microsoft, Google, and Netflix. It offers a free starter plan for creating, prototyping, and collaborating on app and website designs. The platform’s core workspace features a central canvas, a layers panel, and a properties panel for managing design elements.

Getting started involves signing up on Figma's site and organizing work into projects and files, similar to GitHub's structure. Key practices include naming all items for organization and using components to group reusable design elements. While Figma lacks native code export, its extensive plugin ecosystem bridges the gap.

Developers can leverage extensions like TeleportHQ to translate designs into code, though the output often requires manual adjustments. These plugins can generate projects in React, HTML, or Next.js, which can then be copied into a repository. This workflow helps align design and development teams, but it highlights the ongoing need for better tooling to streamline the handoff.