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Tagged “government”

I Built a Modern UK Government Service Using COBOL
- Tagged:
- govuk,
- govuk-frontend,
- legacy-systems,
- cobol,
- government
- and 7 more tags
Can COBOL build a modern UK government service? I tested GOV.UK Frontend with a 67-year-old language. Read on to find out.
20 Oct 2026
Building Services to GDS Standards Without a Frontend Framework
- Tagged:
- govuk,
- govuk-frontend,
- government,
- web-development,
- progressive-enhancement
- and 5 more tags
Can you build UK government services without a frontend framework? Read on to find out what happened when I tested GOV.UK Frontend across eight backends.
15 Oct 2026
Progressively Enhancing Maps for UK Government Services
- Tagged:
- progressive-enhancement,
- government,
- accessibility,
- maps,
- javascript
- and 2 more tags
In this post, I explore how to progressively enhance interactive maps for UK government services, with accessible, resilient fallbacks when JavaScript fails.
20 Sep 2026