Why you should hire a frontend developer
A dedicated frontend developer will make your website faster, more accessible and easier to use. This post looks at what frontend development is, and why you should hire someone in that role now.
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How GDS improved GOV.UK Frontend’s developer documentation
The GOV.UK Design System team at GDS has rewritten developer documentation for GOV.UK Frontend. Here’s what the team did, including how it identified what needed improving and how it tested the new content.
Using multi-stage Docker builds to patch vulnerable containers
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Dan Jones, developer for Cyber Security, GDS, Posted on:
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Open Source, Tools
The Cyber Security team at GDS discovered it was using a vulnerable container. Here’s how the team fixed the issue and made its clean container publicly available.
Helping service teams make decisions about authentication and identity assurance
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Tom Hughes, senior content designer, Digital Identity, Posted on:
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GOV.UK Verify, Tools
The Digital Identity team at GDS has updated its Good Practice Guide on authentication and Service Manual content on checking users' identities. The new guidance provides users with clearer, more up-to-date information.
Introducing our new chatbot and webchat guidance and case studies
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Amina Omar, GDS Technology Policy Advisor, Posted on:
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Event, Tools, Transformation
We’ve published new guidance and case studies on using chatbot and webchats, to help government organisations make the most out of these tools and meet user needs.
Managing GDS’s internal infrastructure during lockdown
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Mohamed Hamid, GDS Lead Infrastructure Engineer (Internal Infrastructure), Posted on:
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Tools, Transformation
GDS’s internal IT infrastructure was built to support flexible working, so here’s how we were able to adapt to a completely remote workforce.
How the GDS Service Desk is adapting during coronavirus
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Charles Davis, Head of Service Desk at GDS and Owain Hopkins, Senior IT and Business Manager at GDS, Posted on:
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Tools
Lockdown measures caused by coronavirus (COVID-19) meant that the Government Digital Service switched to be a fully remote working organisation. Read to find out how the service desk adapted to continue supporting their users.
Solving technical architecture challenges in 4 steps
I joined GDS as a Technical Architect. I have always wanted to develop my own style and my own understanding of architecture. Here’s what I’ve learned over the last 3 years.
Signposting technology security
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Claire Ashworth, GDS, Technical Writer and Lewis Dunne, GDS, Senior Policy Advisor, Posted on:
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Tools, Transformation
We’ve updated our security guidance in the Technology Code of Practice so it helps teams build security into their projects from the start.
At the NHS, we view APIs as services
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Tony Heap, Product Owner, API Management, NHS Digital, Posted on:
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Event, Open Standards, Tools
UPDATED: In this guest post, NHS Digital’s Tony Heap talks about treating APIs as services and what this will mean for service teams. We're also hosting an online workshop to discuss delivering APIs to meet users needs.