Exchange Lab Operations

This repository is for the Github.io site that will document guidance for Exchange Lab Operations. Visit the site here: https://heatherremacle.github.io/exchangelabops/

The primary audience for this website is a BC Public Servant that is seeking support with developing digital capabilities - talent, methods and tools - to improve the way they delivery services.

A secondary audience is our broader ecosystem of partners, including:

• other public sector agencies within and beyond the Exchange Lab, who are seeking to deliver similar services; and
• private and non-profit sector partners, seeking to work with BC Public Service teams in the Lab.

This site also serves to support reliable service by the Exchange Lab Team, who will continuously improve operations. Click the projects tab above to see what we have planned. Click issues above add your own suggestions for improvement.

This operations guide is maintained by the Exchange Lab team, a key node in the BC Developers's Exchange network.

The organizational structure the Exchange Lab Team is part of in the Province of B.C. is

• The Design and Delivery Branch, in
• The Digital Platforms and Data Division, in
• The Office of the Chief Information Officer, in
• the Ministry of Citizens' Services.

Project Status

ALPHA

Development

GitHub | Jekyll | Ruby

We are actively adding new features and enhancements.

Read about our design theme here.

Read our development guide here.

Contributing Guideline:

Contributions are welcome, but please review this document before making any change

• Best Practices:

  • Be careful when using/passing/storing credentials
  • Maintain quality

• Pull Requests:

  • We use the Forking process in our development. Click Here for more details and best practices
  • Please, add brief description of what's been added/fixed, what issue was addressed
  • Reviewers either set the status to 'Approve' or 'Request Changes'
  • Once approved, submitter Squash and Merge (not just Merge) code (kicks off Github Actions)
  • Submitter ensures all Github Actions completes successfully

• Git Commit Messages style-guide:

  • Use the present tense ("Add feature" not "Added feature")
  • Use the imperative mood ("Move cursor to..." not "Moves cursor to...")
  • Limit the first line to 72 characters or less

License

Copyright 2020 Province of British Columbia

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.