Simorgh
The BBC's Open Source Web Application. Contributions welcome! Used on some of our biggest websites, e.g.
Overview:
Simorgh is a ReactJS-based application used to render BBC World Service News websites, as well as AMP news article pages for World Service, Public Service News, and BBC Sport. It offers a fast and accessible web experience to millions of users around the world each month. Simorgh is maintained by the BBC News Web Engineering teams and supports news delivery in 41 languages. It emphasizes scale, performance, and accessibility, and has a roadmap for future development. The application is well-documented, regularly maintained, and encourages open source contributors.
Features:
- Test Coverage: Ensures comprehensive testing of the application for reliable performance.
- Known Vulnerabilities: Provides visibility into any security vulnerabilities within the system.
- Maintainability: Emphasizes a well-structured codebase for easier maintenance.
- Storybook: Offers a tool for developing UI components in isolation with various states.
- Express
Express.js is a simple Node.js framework for single, multi-page, and hybrid web applications.
- React
React is a widely used JavaScript library for building user interfaces and single-page applications. It follows a component-based architecture and uses a virtual DOM to efficiently update and render UI components
- Eslint
ESLint is a linter for JavaScript that analyzes code to detect and report on potential problems and errors, as well as enforce consistent code style and best practices, helping developers to write cleaner, more maintainable code.
- Storybook
Storybook is a tool for developing and testing UI components in isolation. It provides a sandbox environment where you can experiment with different props and states to see how your component responds.
- Typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, providing optional static typing, classes, interfaces, and other features that help developers write more maintainable and scalable code. TypeScript's static typing system can catch errors at compile-time, making it easier to build and maintain large applications.
- Webpack
Webpack is a popular open-source module bundler for JavaScript applications that bundles and optimizes the code and its dependencies for production-ready deployment. It can also be used to transform other types of assets such as CSS, images, and fonts.
