User interface design update automation

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are capable of causing a computing device to implement operations comprising:

• receiving information specifying a current user interface (UI), including a particular current UI component;
• receiving information specifying a plurality of new UI components for a new UI;
• identifying characteristics of the particular current UI component;
• scoring, based on the identified characteristics, ones of the plurality of new UI components, wherein the scoring is performed to determine a similarity to the particular current UI component;
• selecting, based on the scoring, a particular new UI component from the plurality of new UI components for use, in the new UI, for the particular current UI component, wherein the scoring indicates that the particular new UI component is a best match for the particular current UI component;
• and
• generating, based on at least the selected particular new UI component, the new UI.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a computing system, information specifying a current user interface (UI) and information specifying a plurality of new components of a UI design specification;
• generating, by a computing system based on the received information, information specifying a new UI, wherein the generating includes:
• identifying, based on the information specifying the current UI, characteristics of a plurality of current components included in the current UI;
• mapping, based on the identified characteristics, at least one of the plurality of current components to ones of the plurality of new components of the UI design specification;
• scoring the mappings between the at least one of the plurality of current components and ones of the plurality of new components;
• selecting, based on the scoring, a particular mapping;
• and
• storing, by the computing system, the information specifying the new UI.