This repository contains:

• The Source for shared static assets for the DGUK web site.
  • Stylesheets (Less )
  • Javascript (Raw & Minified)
  • Images (optimised)

Installation

To install the dependencies, you will need npm with is part of node.js

To install gruntjs and the dependencies required to compile the assets.

# Remove any old version
sudo npm uninstall -g grunt
# Install Grunt CLI tools globally.
sudo npm install -g grunt-cli
# Install local project dependancies (eg. JS minifiers etc).
npm install

To update the assets:

• Update stylesheet assets/src/css/datagovuk.less (written in Less, a superset of the CSS language).
  • Update the concat task in the Gruntfile to find any new files.
• Add or remove vendor JS files from assets/src/js/.
  • Update the concat task in the Gruntfile to find any new files.

When changes are made, recompile everything by just executing:

grunt

Use grunt --help to see a list of all available tasks. For example:

grunt styles
grunt scripts
grunt imagemin

Contents

See Gruntfile.js to understand how each compiled file is created. Some notes:

• datagovuk.less is the responsive stylesheet (work-in-progress). It is rolled up with:
  • Twitter Bootstrap 2.0.3
  • Styles for jQueryUI 1.10.2 (customised with DGU colour flavours)
  • Styles for jQuery Chosen 0.9.7
• vendor.min.js is a compressed copy of:
  • Not jQuery 1.9.1 (we try to use a CDN, but carry a fallback)
  • Backbone 0.5.1
  • Bootstrap 2.0.3 (for tooltips etc)
    • Bootstrap hashchange plugin (for switching tabs in a page using document.hash)
  • jQuery plugins: Chosen 0.9.7, cookies, placeholders, tmpl, dotdotdot 1.5.9, UI 1.10.9
  • json2.js
  • modernizr 1.7
  • spin.js
  • underscore 1.1.6