Deploy kit to NPM

[nataliecarey]

What

As we move towards the user testing and beta we would benefit from deploying alpha versions of the kit to NPM.

We should make our first release as govuk-prototype-kit with version 0.0.1-alpha.0 - this will flag to anyone who might stumble upon it that it's not a finished product but a work in progress

Why

We need to test our processes ready for our beta users.

Who needs to work on this

Developer

Who needs to review this

Developer

Done when

• Move rules about release files from .gitattributes to package.json #1573
• Make govuk-prototype-kit install command work with npm #1575
• We have a release on https://www.npmjs.com/package/govuk-prototype-kit/

[lfdebrux]

I wasn't able to do this before going on leave, however it should be fairly straightforward; checkout the branch https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-prototype-kit/tree/ldeb-release-0.0.1-alpha.0, rebase on branch v13, login to npm adduser with the credentials, and then just run npm publish.

[BenSurgisonGDS]

I worked together with Natalie and the kit has been successfully released to NPM.

To create a new prototype project using the kit as a package, use the following command in an empty folder intended as the root of the prototype project:

npx govuk-prototype-kit install

[joelanman]

(not a blocking comment, just for discussion)

just wondering if 'new' might be a command that fits people's mental models more, like New Document, as opposed to thinking this 'installs' the Prototype Kit app, so

npx govuk-prototype-kit new

[lfdebrux]

The work for this has been done, going to close this ticket and move it to done.