Prototype kit: Review Gitpod documentation and test with users bound by admin rights

[karlgoldstraw]

What

Our developers have integrated 'Gitpod' buttons onto certain Github repositories in order to allow a browser version of an environment to run and allow users to create and edit prototypes without the need for downloading and installing the kit.

We need to create documentation for this process and to test it out with users to get feedback.

Why

We have user research that shows users want to run the full prototype kit on their windows machines when they are bound by lack of admin rights.

Done when

• Gitpod work is explored, with questions and answers
• The process is documented
• The documentation is visualised/prototyped
• The prototype is tested with users
• Feedback is collected

[karlgoldstraw]

Questions I have about the work are:

Gitpod specific:

• Are the Gitpod environments easy enough for beginners?
• HOw does it work for creating prototypes? And is that guidance different from making content amends to PR's, etc.
• How do users ask for help if they get stuck?

General:

• Are there any other solutions that are even simpler? (CSS on a CDN, and use CodePen?)
• Do all users always need full environments?
• Are there any other routes to explore, like removing admin rights on machines although not all users are NHS staff.

[karlgoldstraw]

Gitpod install docs are added to the ReadMe in the PR #1354

[karlgoldstraw]

This ticket might be a duplicate of nhsuk/nhsuk-prototype-kit#201