govuk-frontend/docs/contributing/application-architecture.md at master · NICVA/govuk-frontend

Application architecture

app/

Express application to preview components; also referred to as preview app.
- assets/
  
  App-specific assets.
- views/
  
  Nunjucks template files.
  - examples/
    
    Examples of components usage in various contexts. You can access these examples from the home page of the preview app.
  - layouts/
    
    Generic layout templates used to render preview app pages.
  - partials/
    
    Reusable blocks of template code.
bin/

Binary/executable files (i.e. bash scripts) mainly used in the publishing process.
config/

Configuration files for the preview app, sass-lint and Jest.
dist/ contains auto-generated files

Standalone builds of govuk-frontend. Provides a way to consume govuk-frontend without using npm.
docs/

Documentation files.
lib/

Application modules and helpers.
package/ contains auto-generated files

package published on npm. Consume all of govuk-frontend through a single package.
src/

Source files. See README.md in the src directory for details.
tasks/

Application modules and helpers. See tasks for more information about the tasks.