Updates

Changes made in each major and minor version.

5.2.0 - 13 December 2024

  • Task list component added
  • Added a devcontainer.json file to configure using the kit with Github Codespaces
  • Fixes for using the serviceName variable
  • Page templates and middleware moved to lib folder

5.1.0 - 12 November 2024

  • The guidance and tutorials were removed from the kit and are now hosted separately as part of this website
  • NHS frontend updated to 9.1.0
  • Errors are now shown in the terminal when session data defaults crashes

5.0.0 - 15 October 2024

  • NHS frontend updated to 9.0.1 - see version 9.0.0 release notes for details on the breaking changes
  • The outerContent block has been dropped - use beforeContent block for both breadcrumbs and back links

4.12.0 - 15 August 2024

  • The username and password browser prompt replaced with a custom page that asks for a password only
  • Console logging enabled for nodemon
  • NHS frontend update to 8.3.0
  • Fixed setting PORT via the command line

4.11.0 - 27 June 2024

  • Nunjucks caching disabled so changes to templates show immediately
  • The server is no longer restarted whenever .html and .scss files are changed
  • NHS website template updated to match the current live ones

4.10.0 - 22 February 2024

  • NHS frontend to updated to 8.1.0
  • Node.js updated to version 20
  • Minor bug fixes and template updatesx

4.9.0 - 1 June 2023

  • NHS frontend updated to 7.0.0
  • Bug fixes and documentation updates

4.8.0 - 2 February 2022

  • NHS frontend updated to 6.1.0

4.7.0 - 22 September 2021

  • NHS frontend updated to 5.2.0

4.6.0 - 16 August 2021

  • Custom styles can be added on a per template basis with a new customStyles template block.

4.5.0 - 26 July 2021

  • NHS website page examples and Google homepage template added

4.4.0 - 17 May 2021

  • NHS frontend updated to 5.1.0
  • Dependency updates

4.3.0 - 16 March 2021

  • NHS frontend updated to 5.0.0
  • Dependency updates

4.2.0 - 25 February 2021

  • outerContent block added to template for content that needs to appear outside the <main> tag but inside <div class="nhsuk-width-container">
  • Example page templates updated

4.1.0 - 21 January 2021

  • NHS frontend updated to 4.1.0
  • Dependency updates

4.0.0 - 27 October 2020

  • Removed custom Phase banner component
  • Removed custom Tag component
  • Updated the class names for the Confirmation panel which now uses the Card component
  • Removed the custom panel confirmation styles
  • NHS frontend updated to 4.0.0
  • Dependency updates

For details of changes before 4.0.0, see the full NHS prototype kit changelog on GitHub.