govuk-form-builder VS Docusaurus

I build and maintain some libraries that are used by teams working on GOV.UK projects in Rails. Have been inundated with offers since their release, and they've gone on to be used in some fairly high profile things.

https://github.com/x-govuk/govuk-form-builder

This is my side project, I'm a dev currently contracting at DfE. This library and the form builder[0] make working with the design system easier for Rails devs.

[0] https://govuk-form-builder.netlify.app/

If you dig around on GitHub you'll see most government departments have an organisation where they publish stuff. For example, here's the MoJ, DfE, Cabinet Office.

This is definitely the best approach in my opinion, providing the people writing the docs are capable of contributing directly.

One of my projects[0] builds and deploys a static documentation site[1] on every push to master. The static site generator (Nanoc, in this case) then pulls in the library and uses it to publish its own documentation. All the examples are snippets of code[2] that are both displayed as-is and eval'd into the final output.

The guide can never be out of sync with the library.

[0] https://github.com/dfe-digital/govuk_design_system_formbuild...

[1] https://govuk-form-builder.netlify.app/

[2] https://github.com/DFE-Digital/govuk_design_system_formbuild...

Docusaurus is a popular open-source documentation tool primarily designed for product documentation and other technical documentation needs. It was first released in 2017 by Facebook Open Source (now Meta Open Source). Just recently, Docsaurus version 3.0 was released.

// @ts-check // `@type` JSDoc annotations allow editor autocompletion and type checking // (when paired with `@ts-check`). // There are various equivalent ways to declare your Docusaurus config. // See: https://docusaurus.io/docs/api/docusaurus-config import { themes as prismThemes } from "prism-react-renderer"; /** @type {import('@docusaurus/types').Config} */ const config = { title: "My Site", tagline: "Dinosaurs are cool", url: "https://your-docusaurus-test-site.com", baseUrl: "/", onBrokenLinks: "throw", onBrokenMarkdownLinks: "warn", favicon: "img/favicon.ico", organizationName: "facebook", // Usually your GitHub org/user name. projectName: "docusaurus", // Usually your repo name. presets: [ [ "docusaurus-preset-openapi", /** @type {import('docusaurus-preset-openapi').Options} */ ({ docs: { sidebarPath: require.resolve("./sidebars.js"), // Please change this to your repo. editUrl: "https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/tree/main/packages/create-docusaurus/templates/shared/", }, blog: { showReadingTime: true, // Please change this to your repo. editUrl: "https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/tree/main/packages/create-docusaurus/templates/shared/", }, theme: { customCss: require.resolve("./src/css/custom.css"), }, }), ], ], themeConfig: /** @type {import('docusaurus-preset-openapi').ThemeConfig} */ ({ navbar: { title: "My Site", logo: { alt: "My Site Logo", src: "img/logo.svg", }, items: [ { type: "doc", docId: "intro", position: "left", label: "Tutorial", }, { to: "/api", label: "API", position: "left" }, { to: "/blog", label: "Blog", position: "left" }, { href: "https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus", label: "GitHub", position: "right", }, ], }, footer: { style: "dark", links: [ { title: "Docs", items: [ { label: "Tutorial", to: "/docs/intro", }, ], }, { title: "Community", items: [ { label: "Stack Overflow", href: "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/docusaurus", }, { label: "Discord", href: "https://discordapp.com/invite/docusaurus", }, { label: "Twitter", href: "https://twitter.com/docusaurus", }, ], }, { title: "More", items: [ { label: "Blog", to: "/blog", }, { label: "GitHub", href: "https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus", }, ], }, ], copyright: `Copyright © ${new Date().getFullYear()} My Project, Inc. Built with Docusaurus.`, }, prism: { theme: prismThemes.github, darkTheme: prismThemes.dracula, }, }), }; export default config;

Facebook's React/Markdown SSG docusaurus does those things: https://docusaurus.io/

Though you may have to use a plugin for responsive images: https://docusaurus.io/docs/api/plugins/@docusaurus/plugin-id...

Docusaurus is an open-source static site generator built on React and has emerged as a popular tool for developing and maintaining product documentation. Its ease of use, extensive features, and robust community support make it a compelling choice for many organizations.

Wondering why Docusaurus (https://docusaurus.io) did not match their needs. Works perfectly fine as a blogging engine for our tech blog.

This is developed by Meta. You can create really nice-looking documentation websites super fast.

Docusaurus, a documentation tool by Facebook, hosts a showcase of other websites that use Docusaurus on their Homepage. The list of websites of this showcase is a typescript files that is maintained by Docusaurus devs, and that you can add your website to through PR: https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/blob/main/website/src/data/users.tsx

Fix "Edit this page" links at the bottom of each doc (Problem with the Docusaurus build I guess)