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Django app that builds `template` and `elements` components from the Government Digital Services style guide

Project description

It should be easy to make a Django-based service that follows Government Digital Services’ style guide and reference materials. But https://pypi.python.org/pypi/govuk-template is not kept updated and is not readily usable in Django and https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_template cannot be installed directly into a Django project without complex build steps.

This package takes components published by GDS and creates an app in a Django project which can then be used as normal. This process downloads a release from https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_template and the contents of Node.js packages https://www.npmjs.com/package/govuk-elements-sass and https://www.npmjs.com/package/govuk_frontend_toolkit

Usage

  • Setup a Django project using manage.py startproject or other means

  • Install django-govuk-template and add govuk_template_base to INSTALLED_APPS

  • Call manage.py startgovukapp [[app name, e.g. govuk_template]]
    • Add this app to INSTALLED_APPS

    • Ensure that this app is included in source control as the intention is that it’s only rebuilt as needed

    • If an update is needed in the future, delete the app created in previous step and run this command again

  • Add govuk_template_base.context_processors.govuk_template_base to the template context processors

See the demo folder in this repository on GitHub, it is not included in distributions.

Additionally, add django-govuk-forms to your project to output Django forms styled using GOV.UK elements. You can install this package automatically by adding django-govuk-template[forms] to your requirements file.

Development

Please report bugs and open pull requests on GitHub.

Use python setup.py test to run all tests.

This repository does not need to be updated for every release of GDS’s packages, only breaking changes for overridden components may need fixes.

Distribute a new version by updating the VERSION tuple in govuk_template_base and run python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel upload.

To do

  • It would be nice to require as few external tools as possible (e.g. docker/node/ruby) to make building simpler

  • Should the template be created in the root or in under generated app name (as now)?

  • Should CSS generated (currently base.css) from GOV.UK elements be named differently?

  • Add browser-sync / watchdog components for easier local development using testserver

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