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It shows you how to:\n\n- ask users questions\n- help them recover from errors\n- check their answers\n- show a confirmation page\n\n## Features\n\nThe starter includes common patterns you'll need:\n\n### User journeys\n\n- Form validation and error messages\n- Check your answers page\n- Confirmation page\n\n### Cookie management\n\n- Cookie banner\n- Cookie settings page\n- Analytics opt-in\n\n### Content management\n\n- Markdown pages for static content\n- Separation of content and presentation\n\n### Error handling\n\n- 400, 500 and 503 error pages\n- Content Security Policy (CSP)\n- Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection\n\n### Development tools\n\n- Automated testing with Playwright\n- Accessibility testing\n- GitHub Actions for continuous integration\n- Dependabot for dependency updates\n- Docker support\n- ESLint and Prettier\n\n## Technical information\n\n### What we use\n\nThe starter uses:\n\n- JavaScript with Node.js\n- Express.js for the web server\n- Nunjucks for templates\n- GOV.UK Frontend for components\n\n### Before you start\n\nYou need to:\n\n1. Install dependencies\n2. Set up environment variables\n3. Install test browsers\n\n#### 1. Install dependencies\n\n```sh\nnpm install\n```\n\n#### 2. Set up environment variables\n\nCopy the example environment file:\n\n```sh\ncp .env.example .env\n```\n\n#### 3. Install test browsers\n\n```sh\nnpx playwright install\n```\n\n### Run the tests\n\nRun all tests:\n\n```sh\nnpm run test\n```\n\n## Architecture decisions\n\nRead our architecture decision records in [docs/decisions](./docs/decisions/).\n\n## Design principles\n\nWe follow these principles:\n\n- [Building a robust frontend using progressive enhancement - GOV.UK Service Manual](https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/technology/using-progressive-enhancement)\n- [Using Node.js - GDS Way](https://gds-way.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/manuals/programming-languages/nodejs/)\n- [Hypermedia Systems](https://hypermedia.systems/)\n- [Writing JavaScript without a build system](https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/02/16/writing-javascript-without-a-build-system/)\n\n### New to server-side development?\n\nIf you usually work with React or similar client-side libraries, you might find\nthis resource helpful:\n\n- [Server-side website programming - MDN Web Docs](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Extensions/Server-side)\n\n## Licence\n\nReleased under the [MIT Licence](./LICENSE) unless otherwise stated.\n\nThe code is\n[open and reusable](https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/technology/making-source-code-open-and-reusable).\n\nBased on\n[ministryofjustice/govuk-frontend-express](https://github.com/ministryofjustice/govuk-frontend-express).\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Finfinityworks%2Fgovuk-frontend-starter","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Finfinityworks%2Fgovuk-frontend-starter","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Finfinityworks%2Fgovuk-frontend-starter/lists"}