The benefits of coding in the open
...it makes it easier to work on the same code between departments. External users can help make it better Open code makes it possible for people who don’t work for...
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Benefits of diversity
...diversity Advantages These are: using the best tool for the job Sometimes the best tool for a job is not the one you are currently using. My colleague Nick Stenning...
When is it ok not to open all source code?
This post is now outdated. For a more up-to-date post, see 'Don't be afraid to code in the open: here's how to do it securely'. To meet the Digital By...
How we migrated GOV.UK Notify to AWS Elastic Container Service
...used CloudFront Lambda@Edge to run a small bit of Python code for every request that would decide whether to send the request to PaaS or to ECS. The Python code...
Learning to code at GDS
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Hong Nguyen - Delivery Manager for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service and Richard Towers - Head of Software Engineering for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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People and skills
...a ‘learn to code’ beta, and many GDS colleagues help out with codebar (which GDS occasionally hosts). In the community, initiatives like codebar, Rails Girls, Django Girls and Node Girls...
A GDS Story 2021
Posted on:
...the next steps for their business. We announced plans to make it quicker and easier for people to find what they were looking for by improving the site-wide navigation on...
Widgets, badges and blog bling. What stuff can I embed on GOV.UK?
...SlideShare (for presentations) and SoundCloud (for audio files). Some are a bit of both, providing both a hosting service and a social hangout, for example YouTube, Flickr and Pinterest. It...
We’ve updated the Technology Code of Practice
...Leaders Network and the new version of the Code of Practice has just been published. It’s an important step forward for us, and the result of great teamwork and user...
Introducing the GOV.UK Design System
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Alice Noakes - former Product Manager for GOV.UK Design System, Government Digital Service and Amy Hupe - former Senior Content Designer, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Service design
...colours components like checkboxes, buttons and form inputs patterns for common tasks, like asking users for an address or helping them check a service is suitable for them We’ve also...
Improving and opening up procurement and contract data
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Warren Smith - former Director for the Global Digital Marketplace Programme, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital Marketplace, Digital Service Platforms
...sector procurement and contracting is important because it: builds civil society’s trust in government reduces corruption and fraud, and helps detect collusive arrangements promotes an open and competitive market for...
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