README.md

Design history for GOV.UK services

A place to document GOV.UK service designs. The Apply to Become an Academy Design History can be found below:

https://conversions-design-history.netlify.app/

Purpose of this project

This repository makes it easy to:

• screenshot your designs
• create pages of screenshots to document designs
• document designs using the GOV.UK Design System
• print pages of designs
• make designs shareable and linkable

Installation

• Clone this repository to a folder on your computer
• Open Terminal
• In Terminal, change the path to the repository
• Type npm install to install the dependencies

Working locally

Most of the time you'll be adding new posts. If you're just doing this then:

• Open Terminal
• Type npm start

This will automatically restart the application with any changes to your posts an any images applied.

If you want to make changes to CSS and JavaScript, and watch for those changes, run npm run dev.

Example design histories

• Becoming a teacher
• Early years foundation stage framework
• Get help with technology
• Get Into Teaching

Technical notes

The design history uses the GOV.UK Design System and the Eleventy static site generator.