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Developers.amsterdam offers an overview of the standards and shared components maintained by the municipality of Amsterdam. Contributions to enhance the platform are encouraged, with resources available to learn how to get involved.

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Guidelines

Languages & Frameworks

An overview of the approved programming languages and frameworks used within the City of Amsterdam.

Accessibility

In accordance with the Digital Government Act, the municipality of Amsterdam is required to build all its websites and applications in compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) at levels A and AA.

Documentation

Include documentation in your project that facilitates understanding, usage, and maintenance of your code.

Storing source code

We use Git to store our source code.

Testing

What to test and how.

Using Git

Our policy how to use Git.

Third party dependencies in general

A guideline on how to choose third party frameworks and libraries.

Frontend - Third party dependencies

A list of recommended packages and set of guidelines for choosing a new package.

Frontend - Languages and Frameworks (Not yet formatted to meet the required standard.)

For frontend applications within the municipality of Amsterdam we choose to work with React and its ecosystem.

Frontend - Shared components and demos (Not yet formatted to meet the required standard.)

A list of internal components and demos that are used by the developers of the city of Amsterdam.