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Technologies

Andrew Hosgood edited this page Oct 26, 2023 · 1 revision

The National Archives design system was based heavily on the GOV.UK Design System.

The design system utilises:

  • Metalsmith - the same static site generator used by the GOV.UK Design System
  • Markdown - allows contributors to write content for the design system without having to worry about the HTML implementation
  • tna-frontend - the frontend library created by The National Archives which provides styles, components and templates for use in all National Archive services
  • SCSS for styles - used throughout The National Archives and by tna-frontend
  • GitHub Actions - used throughout The National Archives
  • GitHub Pages - free hosting for static sites that ensures the service is kept alongside the source code
  • Prism.js - for code highlighting
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