Communities
Technology community (frontend development)
This community exists to:
- share information about frontend development for government services
- discuss and challenge how frontend development works for government services
- bring together people from across government with an interest in frontend development
Who the community is for
You might be interested in this community if your work involves:
- making decisions about the code libraries used in frontend development
- building accessible digital services
- giving technology advice and being the technical voice in conversations about frontend development
You do not need to be a frontend developer to join.
Join the community
Use these online spaces to discuss issues related to frontend development:
- cross-government frontend developers Google group
- cross-government #frontend Slack channel - a place to chat and share real-time news about frontend development issues (create a Slack account using your government email address)
If you cannot access these, please email: join-frontend-developers@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk for help.
Community resources
The technology in government discusses how government builds accessible and scalable interfaces, and the code libraries to support those. These include:
Frontend development in the Service Manual
This is what we currently consider to be best practice in frontend development for government services:
- Using progressive enhancement
- Designing for different browsers and devices
- How to test frontend performance
Help us keep the Service Manual up to date by:
- contributing to community discussions
- telling us if something is wrong or out of date using the feedback link at the top of each guide
- Last update:
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Guidance first published